Winners Of ‘My Life – My Yoga’ Video Blogging Contest Announced

The names of the winners of video blogging contest ‘My Life, My Yoga’ have been announced today. This global contest on digital platform is a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and was launched on 31st May 2020 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on occasion of 6th   International Day of Yoga. 

The contest was held in six categories- Professional, Adult (above 18 years) and Youth (under 18) with Male and Female contestants considered separately. A Total of 35141 entries were received from India and nearly 2000 entries were received from other countries. The entries of other countries are being evaluated by the respective Indian Missions.

The first winners in professional category are Ashwath Hegde (male) and Rajni Gehlot (female).  Rajpal Singh Arya and Shailee Prasad are first in adult (above 18 years) category and Pranay Sharma and Navyaa.S.H are first in youth (under 18 years) category.

The entries received from India were screened by 200 yoga experts and 160 videos were shortlisted. Further, a 15-member jury across these categories evaluated the shortlisted entries. Winners were decided by scores allotted independently by Jury members and averaged. Those with highest average score were declared winners.   

The contest was open to participants from across the world. To enter into the contest, the participants were required to upload a 3 minutes video of 3 Yogic practices (kriya, asana, pranayama, bandha or mudra), including a short video message/ description on how the said Yogic practices influenced their life. The videos were uploaded on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the contest hashtag #MyLifeMyYoga. The contest closed on the International Day of Yoga, i.e. on21st June 2020 at 23.50 hrs.

The winners of the country prize for India in the six categories are as follows:

  1. Professional Category:

Male 

S.No

Name

Participant ID

Location

Winner

1

Ashwath Hegde

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Sirsi - Karnataka - India

1st Prize

2

HA Patel

IndiaIG2424

Details awaited

2nd Prize

3

Rishipal

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Haridwar - Uttarakhand - India

3rd Prize

Female 

S.No

Name

Participant ID

Location

Winner

1

Rajni Gehlot

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Details awaited

1st Prize

2

Pooja Patel

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Details awaited

2nd Prize

3

Janvi Prathibha Patel

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Details awaited

3rd Prize

  1. Adult (Above 18 years) Category:

Male

S.No

Name

Participant ID

Location

Winner

1

Rajpal Singh Arya

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Shamli - Uttar Pradesh - India

1st Prize

2

Harshit Parihar

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Chandigarh - Chandigarh - India

2nd Prize

3

Nitin Tanaji Pawale

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Pune - Maharashtra - India

3rd Prize

 Female

S.No.

Name

Participant ID

Location

Winner

1

Shailee Prasad

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Bengaluru,Karnataka

1st Prize

2

Akanksha

IndiaIG1635

Details awaited

2nd Prize

3

U.B. Athistta

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Nagercoil - Tamil Nadu - India

3rd Prize

  1. Youth Category (Under 18 Years):

 Male

S.No

Name

Participant ID

Location

Winner

1

Pranay Sharma

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Saharanpur - Uttar Pradesh - India

1st Prize

2

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Details awaited

2nd Prize

3

Kabilan Subramaniam

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Karur - Tamil Nadu - India

3rd Prize

 Female

S.No

Name

Location

Winner

1

Navyaa.S.H

Chunkankadai & Post, Kanyakumari District

1st Prize

2

Avni Ramrakshani

Pune – Maharashtra

2nd Prize

3

Manvi Vyas

Hissar - Haryana

3rd Prize

 

The names of winners among the  overseas participants will be announced later separately.

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