
Rly officials, Naval personnel attend yoga session
The yoga camp, jointly organised with the support of INS Viswakarma, included a variety of yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation techniques led by experienced yoga instructors.
Under the guidance of senior divisional commercial manager K Sandeep and senior DCM-II K Pawan Kumar, more than 100 officials from the railways and25 officials from the Eastern Naval Command participated in the session.
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