Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu falls asleep while performing Yoga

New Delhi, June 24: While everybody including Prime Minister Narendra Modi were performing yoga asanas on International Yoga Day [In Pics: How politicians celebrated maiden International Day of Yoga], Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu seems to have taken a liking to one asana in particular- the Shavasan.

Pictures of Prabhu dozing off while performing yoga on International Yoga Day in Kerala have gone viral. The pictures were first published in a Malyalam daily but soon went viral online.

#InternationalDayofYoga inaugurator in Kerala, Railway Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu slept while doing Yoga :D :D pic.twitter.com/M543mndLmT

— Leons Peter (@leonspeter) June 22, 2015

In the pictures Prabhu is seen performing the 'shavasan', a yoga asan which requires an individual to lie down like a corpse in a relaxed position.

But Prabhu ended taking up a short nap only to be awaken by a volunteer. Later that day, Prabhu tweeted:

Launched Yoga Day in Kochi- Ernakulam attended by several enthusiasts,practitioners in very large numbers. I did many aasanas to refresh me

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) June 21, 2015

Meanwhile, twitteratti went into a tizzy and Prabhu became the butt of jokes. Even Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted :

Thats the only yoga pose I can master! @sureshpprabhu https://t.co/uZPSCTCEVQ

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 22, 2015

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