The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to go ahead with its annual state-wide Surya Namaskar show, hoping to get it into the Guinness Book of World Records on Thursday Jan 12,2012.
Over 1 crore people, including 50 lakh students are expected to perform the mass Surya Namaskar
The school education department has made elaborate arrangements to ensure maximum participation in the Surya Namaskar exercise so that a world record can be created by registering the feat in the Guinness Book of records.
Directives have been issued to all the government and government-aided schools to ensure maximum participation in the exercise so that it can become a world record.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stated that the participation in the exercise is not compulsory.
State School Education Minister, Archana Chitnis said, "Surya Namaskar is a Yogic exercise aimed at improving one's health and those not interested in taking part in it have an option to stay away from it. Sun is neither saffron nor green."
The Madhya Pradesh government believes this year's exercise can edge out Kazakhistan, which holds the Guinness record for holding the largest mass, multi-location, aerobics demonstration.
Fatwa issued against 'Surya Namaskar' in Madhya Pradesh
As Madhya Pradesh government tries to create a world record on Thursday with thousands of students performing the yogic 'Surya Namaskar' exercise, Muslim leaders have equated it with idol worship and issued a fatwa against it.
Leaders of the minority community have termed the move as un-Islamic and equated it with idol-worship, which is prohibited in Islam.They also issued a fatwa in this regard on Tuesday which was also ratified by the Shahar Qazi, Sayyed Mushtaq Ali Nadvi.
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