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Ramdev to conduct yoga science camp

FITNESS MANTRA: Yoga guru Ramdev at a media conference in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: Swami Ramdev said on Monday that the Patanjali Yoga Peeth university that he was setting up near Haridwar would have branches in all States .

Addressing presspersons on his arrival in the capital city, Ramdev said that the branches of the university will be set up in all the States within five years.

Naturopathy

Apart from imparting training in yoga, the centres will also have naturopathy departments to offer treatment to people suffering from various ailments.

Swami Ramdev will be in Orissa for nine days and conduct a six-day `Yoga science camp' at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar from Wednesday.

About 15,000 people are expected to attend the yoga camp in the morning and afternoon sessions on different days to learn yoga.

The donation collected during the camp would be utilised in the construction of the university at Bahadrabad near Haridwar, Ramdev said.

On Tuesday, Ramdev will visit Lord Jagannath temple in Puri and also meet Gajapati Maharaja of Puri.

He will also attend in a civic reception organised by Orissa Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty at Talabana in Puri.

During his stay in Bhubaneswar, Ramdev will attend the foundation day celebrations of the Yoga Centre at the Regional Research Laboratory in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday and inaugurate a temple at the Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti complex in the city on Sunday.

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