Mastmola, Sitara, Prince, Rock performed Yoga with ITBP jawans in Chandigarh

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ITBP jawans performed yoga on the back of four horses for an hour.

Believe it or not. Four ITBP jawans performed yoga on the back of four horses for an hour or so without any hiccups at the fifth International Day of Yoga celebrations in Sector 17 Plaza in Chandigarh on Friday. The perfect balance and synchronisation between the horses and riders won the heart of UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore and the UT top brass who performed yoga on mats. Nearly 3,500 people performed yoga at the event.

Horses namely Mastmola, Sitara, Prince and Rock were comfortable with ITBP jawan riders as the balance and synchronisation between the well decorated horses and the jawans was perfect throughout the event which lasted for an hour.

Appreciating the performance of horses and rider jawans at the yoga event, ITBP Deputy Commandant Raveshwar Rana said, “Our horses have played several national games. They were specially trained along with the riders for the past six months before performing here. It is tough to strike a balance between horses and jawans as in yoga a lot of stretching is involved. It is the first time that jawans did yoga on horses.” He added,“it is a back exercise for both the horses and riders. It is relaxing for the horses too.”

Naveen Arora, IG (Training), ITBP stated that it was about synchronisation between the two. It was not easy to keep the animals in control in such a crowd, he added. These horses were brought to Sector 17 from Barwala centre at 5 in the morning and stayed till the end of Yoga event.

How about the names of these horses and how did the ITBP select these four horses?

SB Sharma, DIG, ITBP, Bhanu, said they gave them name according to their performance and nature. It helped them maintain their records on paper. The ITBP officials chose docile horses who did not lose balance and were able to stand for long period in front of the huge crowd. In Bhanu based training centre, there were 38 trained horses.