International Yoga Day in Mangaluru features yoga in swimming pool

To commemorate International Yoga Day, a group of 40 swimmers did yogasanas in Mangaluru City Corporation’s Mangala swimming pool on June 21 morning.

Yoga guru Gopalakrishna Delampady conducting a yoga session during the International Yoga Day celebration held by Dakshina Kannada district administration at the Mini Town Hall in Mangaluru on June 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath

Dakshina Kannada MP Brijesh Chowta, MLC Manjunath Bhandary and Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer K. Anandh at the International Yoga Day celebration held by Dakshina Kannada district administration at the Mini Town Hall in Mangaluru on June 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath

The group, led by veteran swimmer Latesh Poojary, did padmasana, shavasana and few other asanas in the deep side of the pool. The yoga demonstration was for about 15 minutes.

Following the demonstration, former dean of Fisheries College Shivaprakash sat in the pool and wrote a postcard greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on International Yoga Day.