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KATHMANDU: The government has proposed India's Yoga Guru Ramdev to become Nepal’s tourism ambassador.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, on Sunday, urged the Yoga Guru to become the tourism goodwill ambassador of Nepal.
Addressing a yoga camp organized by the Ministry at the Pashupatinath area today, Minister Ale requested Yoga Guru Ramdev to be Nepal's goodwill tourism ambassador.
In response, Yoga Guru Ramdev said Nepal is the unmatched tourism destination throughout the world and it was a matter of pride for him to become the tourism ambassador.
"I will formally accept the Government of Nepal's request to become a tourism ambassador at an appropriate time. It is a matter of dignity to become a goodwill ambassador," he added.
On the occasion, Minister Ale took the Yoga Guru and Acharya Balakrishna for paying homage to Pashupatinath.
Minister Ale also felicitated Yoga Guru Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna on behalf of the Ministry.
Former Minister of State for Finance Lhyarkyal Lama, founding president of NRNA Dr Upendra Mahato, office-bearers of the Pashupati Area Development Trust, Ministry high officials and hundreds of yoga practitioners were present in the yoga camp.
Immediately after the yoga camp, Yoga Guru Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna left for New Delhi, India on a regular flight of the Nepal Airlines Corporation. They arrived in Nepal on Thursday.
KATHMANDU, November 21: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation organized a one day Yoga Camp at Pashupatinath premises on Sunday morning.
The camp was attended by Prem Bahadur Ale, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Indian Yogi Baba Ramdev and Acharya Bal Krishna.
According to the Ministry, the camp was organized in a bid to develop practise of Yoga among Nepali people and promote tourism.
Baba Ramdev and Acharya Bal Krishna are scheduled to fly back to India on Sunday after the camp concludes.
Here are some pictures taken by Ratopati photojournalist at Pashupatinath premises this morning:
KATHMANDU, November 19: Indian yoga teacher Ramdev is scheduled to conduct an event for yoga training in Chandragiri hill on Saturday morning. He will also perform yoga and meditation there.
According to Chandragiri Hills Limited, Ramdev would meditate and teach yoga to the participants present there from 5 to 6 am on Saturday. Chandragiri hill is one of the best tourist destinations near the Kathmandu Valley carrying religious, historical and archeological importance.
Currently, Ramdev is in Kathmandu to participate in the events to be organised by Patanjali Yogpeeth. Ramdev is scheduled to visit Chandragiri hill this evening and would stay there tonight.
He would also perform Pooja in Bhaleshwor Mandir in Chandragiri during his stay there. After his arrival in Kathmandu on Thursday evening, Ramdev said that Nepal is the world's best spiritual country while adding that he has a very close relation with Nepal for three decades. On Saturday, Ramdev is scheduled to inaugurate a TV station run by Patanjali Yogpeeth.
