Namitha turns yoga guru! - Oneindia

 Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 17:21 [IST]

Glamorous actress Namitha is set to become a yoga teacher. ! Wonder how? The actress, who has vowed not to play glam roles earlier this year, is now playing a yoga guru in upcoming Kannada film Namitha I Love You.

The pictures of Namitha doing yoga has already hit the internet. The actress has sported sweatpants and a yellow t-shirt. The jersey has a picture of vedic om symbol on it.

The actress, who has portrayed varieties of roles in different languages is portraying the role of yoga guru for the first time. Namitha made her debut in Kannada with Neelkanta and she has also acted in Indra and Hoo in Sandalwood.

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Azad inaugurates yoga museum in the capital - Sify

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) In a bid to promote yoga and natural ways of healing, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated a state-of-the-art health museum for visitors here Tuesday.

Planet Health will exhibit facts and information on yoga and ayurveda through digital-interactive media.

'Yoga and ayurveda are wellness therapies that find their origins in ancient India. So this museum will act as a one-point source centre for those interested to know about the art of healing,' Azad told reporters at the inauguration.

The museum displays various yoga mudras and forms of performing arts through digital media. It also houses a learning recourse centre that provides literature on Ayurveda and naturopathy.

'Learning information from manual text can be difficult for people. So we decided to provide it in a digital and interactive manner,' said S. Jalaja, secretary of department of Ayush.

The museum is the result of a collaboration between the department of Ayush under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and World Research Laboratory in the capital.

The exhibition will be open for visitors from 11 a.m. To 7 p.m. till October 31.

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