India, Sept. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan today addressed the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Gordhandas Seksaria College of Yoga and Cultural Synthesis at Kaivalyadhama, Lonavala, Maharashtra.

He congratulated the College on completing 75 years of dedicated service to Yoga education, research and cultural synthesis. He noted that the occasion was especially significant as Kaivalyadhama itself has completed a century of dedicated service to Yoga.

Recalling the contribution of Swami Kuvalayananda, who founded Kaivalyadhama in 1924, the Vice-President said that he pioneered the scientific study of Yoga at a time when it was largely viewed as a mystical practice. He emphasi...