<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Women Self Help Groups in various districts in the Cauvery Delta region in Tamil Nadu are taking diverse initiatives to observe the International Yoga Day, falling next Sunday, at home, with families.</span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">  </span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this connection, the self help Groups have formed clusters to create awareness among the general public about the significance of yoga in daily routine life.</span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The self help Groups, with the assistance of the Tamil Nadu state Siddha department, are also distributing immunity enhancing herbal powders to houses where pamphlets explaining benefits of Yoga and Covid 19 precautionary steps are being supplied.</span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">  </span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to this, various Ayurveda hospitals and dispensaries functioning in the area have also pitched into collaborating IYD celebrations.</span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Self help group members are also being encouraged to take part in the yoga blogging competition announced by the Prime Minister, in collaboration with the AYUSH ministry.</span><br />''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">  </span><br />