12th International Day of Yoga: Baba Ramdev, Andhra CM Naidu lead mega Yoga day event in Amaravati
The theme for this year's International Day of Yoga was “Yoga for Healthy Ageing.”
The theme for this year's International Day of Yoga was “Yoga for Healthy Ageing.”
The event was part of the 'Swachhata Se Swagat’ drive, a cleanliness campaign, being organised by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the city.
In a major development, the Union ministry of AYUSH announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely attend the main International Yoga Day celebrations in Kolkata on 21 June, with this year’s flagship national programme set to be hosted in the city.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) celebrated the occasion at its regional headquarters for the Eastern Region in Kolkata with a programme attended by senior officials and staff.
The 11th International Yoga Day was marked by twin narratives in Jharkhand — one led by the BJP, emphasising India’s cultural and spiritual heritage, and the other by the state government projecting yoga as an instrument of health and public welfare.
The Minister took part in the yoga session at the Lodhi Garden.
On the 10th International Yoga Day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in a mass yoga practice held at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow on Friday morning. Governor Anandiben Patel also took part in the session.
Leading the 10th International Yoga Day celebrations in Srinagar on Friday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that yoga has gained global significance as a power for good and an increasing number of people across the world are embracing it.
Thousands of yogis created an island of stillness in the frenetic whirl of ‘Crossroads of the World’.
On the 10th International Day of Yoga on Friday, Union Health Minister JP Nadda lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing global recognition towards yoga and said the practice has reached every corner of the world today.
