A representative from Guinness declared that with 135 nationalities participating, the event set the record for the most nationalities gathering for a single yoga session
Modi said this time he will get the opportunity to participate in the International Yoga Day programme to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 21
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel led the 8th International Day of Yoga celebrations on Tuesday by performing yoga in the sprawling lawns of the Raj Bhavan here. A large number of state ministers, bureaucrats and eminent citizens were also in attendance. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said […]
New Delhi: On the eve of International Day of Yoga (IDY), the WHO on Monday said policymakers should consider integrating yoga into community-based mental health and well-being initiatives while increasing efforts to leverage the potential of safe and effective traditional medicine. The UN agency’s Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said regular yoga […]
"I started practicing yoga after I suffered from an injury while dancing a few years back. It helped heal the pain and overcome it gradually. I have never looked back since then. It is a way of life for me now," says Malaika.
Marking the occasion, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, deployed at the India-China border in Ladakh performed Yoga at an altitude of 18,000 feet at the snow-covered mountain.
While addressing the nation on the occasion of the seventh International Yoga Day, PM Modi said, "When India proposed the International Yoga Day before the World Health Organisation (WHO), we wanted Yoga to be easily available to the people around the world."
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