Yoga Day Highlights: People across India celebrate International Day of Yoga; leaders urge all to make yoga daily routine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Yoga along with thousands of participants at a mass demonstration in the backdrop of the iconic Mysuru Palace here on Tuesday and said the physical fitness regime was forming a basis for cooperation among countries, and that it can become a problem-solver. Since 2015, the International Day of Yoga is celebrated worldwide on 21st June every year. The theme for this year’s Yoga Day is "Yoga for Humanity". Stay tuned for more updates.

Yoga has no barrier of age, caste, geography or religion and everyone should make the ancient physical fitness regime a part of their daily routine to reap its rich benefits: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

Yoga has no barrier of age, caste, geography or religion and everyone should make the ancient physical fitness regime a part of their daily routine to reap its rich benefits, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday. Addressing the International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations organised here by the Ministries of Culture and Ayush, he said, "Yoga is time-tested. Yoga has no barrier, no age, no caste, no region, no religion. That's why it is universal."

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan celebrated the International Yoga Day with some school children and dignitaries here on Tuesday and expressed happiness that the ancient Indian practice of yoga has now spread across the world.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and State Health Minister Veena George led from the front at various places as the state celebrated the International Yoga Day.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday joined the International Yoga Day celebrations at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Kevadia and called on citizens to take a pledge to be healthy to contribute to the country's development.

Underlining the benefits of the ancient practice, Mandaviya, who performed yoga asanas along with hundreds of participants, said the citizens of a country need to be healthy for it to become a developed nation, according to a health ministry statement.

Mandaviya said yoga embodies unity of mind and body, and thought and action. It is a holistic approach that is invaluable to health and well-being.

"Yoga is not just about exercise, it is a way to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and nature," he added.

Yoga increases spiritual power through asanas, pranayama and meditation, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Tuesday.

The Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture was speaking at a Yoga Day event organised by the National Institute of Ayurveda at Jantar Mantar here.

He practiced yoga along with others in the morning.

Billionaire Gautam Adani on Tuesday did an hour-long session of yoga exercises in the open air as he led corporate India to join the International Day of Yoga celebrations.

Several public and private sector companies held yoga sessions at their offices to promote the adoption of exercise in daily routines to stay fit and healthy.

Adani, chairman of logistics-to-energy conglomerate Adani Group, and his wife Priti, who heads the Adani Foundation, "participated with more than 1,000 members of the Adani Parivaar team to celebrate health, mindfulness and meditation," the group said in a statement.

The session was held at a football ground at Adani Shantigram in Ahmedabad.

Several other business leaders tweeted pictures of their yoga sessions.

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