People join Modi on World Yoga Day |
Some 50,000 people gathered with Prime Minister Narendra Modi June 21 in the Himalayan foothills of Dehradun to salute the power of yoga. Yoga ``is enriching millions of lives all over the world,`` Modi said. He also urged Indians to take pride in their heritage. The gems of India`s unique heritage, such as yoga, will be respected by the world at large only when we ourselves respect our culture and traditions, he said. Modi said that the world has embraced yoga and this can be seen in the manner in which the International Day of Yoga is marked every year. In fact, Yoga Day has become one of the biggest mass movements in the quest for good health and well-being,`` he said, adding that yoga is beautiful because it is ``ancient yet modern.`` It is constant yet evolving. It has the best of our past and present and a ray of hope for our future. In yoga, we have the perfect solution to the problems we face, either as individuals or in our society, he said. International Yoga Day is celebrated across the world: From Dehradun to Dublin, Jakarta to Johannesburg and Shanghai to Chicago people are celebrating yoga day all across the world.Yoga is giving new energy to global friendship, he said.
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