Venue
Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Muluk, Bolpur, Birbhum
The hall at Sri Sri Shiv Mandir, opening onto the grounds.
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The championship
What the championship is
This is West Bengal’s state meet of competitive Yogasana, the 7th State Yogasana Sports Championship, 2026–27. It ran from 1 to 4 October 2026 at Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Muluk, Bolpur, Birbhum, in the hall of Sri Sri Shiv Mandir and on the grounds around it.
The All Bengal Yogasana Sports Association presented it. The championship banner names Yogasana Bharat, New Delhi, and World Yogasana. Karmyog for the 21st Century and Bharatiya Krishak Samaj joined as organisers.
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Athletes
Men and women came through district competition into this state field, and stayed with it across the four days. Abhay Barman of Paschim Bardhaman spoke of competing here, and of the sport as a possible career as well as a practice.
Athletes of the state championship, seated in the hall.
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Competition
Artistic Yogasana was contested. What had been prepared on the mats was performed in the hall of Sri Sri Shiv Mandir. The dais and the long table faced that same room.
Judging
A judging panel assessed the performances. District judging had already shaped who reached this state meet.
In the conversation recorded at Muluk, Shyamal Ta argued that time is the point of the judging. He said about 550 to 600 athletes had come, and that about sixty-four or sixty-five judges were at work from morning into the night. He set that against meets he said were announced as a thousand or more and then finished in a single day by twenty or twenty-five judges. His arithmetic was that, across four days, one judge here would watch only a few athletes in a day, because alignment, the time a posture is held, and balance cannot be seen in a hurry. Those figures are his, spoken in the interview, as the opening figures were his.
Inaugural dance in the hall.
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Around the competition
Dance sat in the same hall as the sport. Beyond the hall, the championship used a verandah, a field, and a courtyard. Shyamal Ta described the mornings there: the flag, a yajna, then practice, then the competition.
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The four days
1 October opened in the hall. 2 October gathered athletes on the verandah and the field, then onto the mats. 3 October began in the courtyard, with an address and a fire offering, then portraits, recording, and an indoor evening. 4 October closed on performance, judging, and recognition.
Athletes in West Bengal kits on the mats during an evening session.
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Recognition
In the hall, officials of the championship placed the medals and held the certificates beside the athletes.
An athlete receives a medal during recognition in the hall.
Hall
Sri Sri Shiv Mandir (শ্রী শ্রী শিব মন্দির)Presented by
All Bengal Yogasana Sports Association