New Delhi: Elated over the UN decision to declare June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the youth to take up yoga “diligently and regularly”.
I have been a practice of yoga for years, and you can’t believe the positive difference it has made in my life,” he said in a tweet. “Yoga is the anchor of my life. Modi’s statement said he could see the “tremendous enthusiasm among all of you after the UN declared June 21 as the ‘International Day of Yoga.’ It is very gladdening.
“The fact that 177 nations across all continents came together and co-sponsored the resolution shows the integrative power of yoga. I urge all of you, especially the youth, to take up yoga and practice it diligently and regularly. It will truly transform your lives as well.”
Yoga has the power to bring the entire humankind together! It beautifully combines Gyan (knowledge), Karm (work) and Bhakti (devotion),” he wrote. Modi had indicated that June 21, one of the two solstices, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, has special significance in many parts of the world and could be considered for adoption as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations each year.
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