International Yoga Day updates: Ministers, CMs, citizens join PM Modi to celebrate this Day
New Delhi, June 21: On the fifth International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Yoga Day celebrations and performed asanas at a ground in Ranchi on Friday along with 40,000 others while other BJP leaders, Union ministers and yoga enthusiasts did the same in other cities across the country.
Appealing to people to take yoga to all sections of society, Prime Minister said yoga is above everything. He also urged people to make yoga an integral part of life.
Modi has been sharing an asan a day on the social media and urging people to join the movement.
Several programmes associated with the International Day of Yoga were also organised with great enthusiasm in various countries.
Here are the Highlights:
Delhi: Officers from Airport Authority of India performed yoga at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan today. #YogaDay2019 pic.twitter.com/zNCkIBpsgc
— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019
Rajya Sabha
वसुवैध कुटुंबकम् ...!
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) June 21, 2019
Entire world unites today to join India, in its efforts to fulfil the dream of a strong and healthy world, as we celebrate #InternationalYogaDay !
Saluting Hon @narendramodi ji for this historic initiative ! pic.twitter.com/4FJAOTUM1k
#InternationalYogaDay : #SuryaNamaskara My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha on the occasion of #YogaDay . pic.twitter.com/dleThPsxHo
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) June 20, 2019
Incredible commitment levels to #TeamIndia and International Yoga Day from these school children in Chennai, India 🧘 pic.twitter.com/D7BCfKk6JT
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 21, 2019
Yogah citta vrtti nirodhah..Yoga Sutra 1.2 Patanjali 🙏🏼 Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self..Bhagwad Gita. Yoga is not religion, it’s science of integrating body, mind and soul. Yoga day Every day and yet Happy #InternationalYogaDay 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/9XZP7sAw2T
— Urmila Matondkar (@OfficialUrmila) June 21, 2019
#Haryana: Border Security Force's equestrian team performs Yoga on horsebacks at the BSF camp in Gurugram. pic.twitter.com/Vp7ytXqDRg
— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019
#YogaDay2019 celebrations at Indo - Myanmar Border.
— Defence Spokesperson (@SpokespersonMoD) June 21, 2019
Country celebrates 5th International Yoga Day with fervour and zeal... pic.twitter.com/NEMCfkizpi