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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of the country to make yoga a part of their daily lives as the world celebrated the 10th International Day of Yoga on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all the people of the country and those doing Yoga in every corner of the world on the occasion of the 10th International Day of Yoga and said the world is seeing a new Yoga economy going forward for the last 10 years.
Indian Army personnel performed Yoga in icy heights on the northern frontier on the 10th International Yoga Day on Friday.
During the visit, the PM will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate 84 major developmental projects valued at more than Rs. 1,500 crore.
NDMC Yoga camps are being conducted from June 18 to June 20 at Talkatora Garden, Nehru Park and Lodhi Garden on a daily basis from 6:30 am to 8:30 am.
