PM Modi did yoga in Visakhapatnam, said- Yoga is for everyone, for everyone…

New Delhi: International Yoga Day is being celebrated in the country and the world today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to participate in yoga related programs. Addressing the people there, PM Modi said that yoga is for everyone. Apart from this, many programs on yoga were organized in different parts of the country and the world.

The program organized on International Yoga Day in Visakhapatnam concluded with Shanti Mantra. During this, the Chief Minister and Deputy CM of Andhra Pradesh were also present.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on the 11th International Yoga Day that hearty congratulations and best wishes to all the countrymen and the whole world on International Yoga Day. I salute all the yoga gurus including Maharishi Patanjali, who have spread the art and science of complete yoga. Many thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is because of his efforts that yoga has reached the whole world today.

Indian Navy personnel aboard INS (Indian Naval Ship) off the Visakhapatnam coast of Andhra Pradesh participated in the yoga ceremony. More than 11,000 naval personnel of the Eastern Naval Command and their family members are participating in the yoga session with the Prime Minister. These naval participants are present along the 30 km long RK Beach.

World Yoga Day is also being celebrated in Assam. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took part in yoga practice in Baksa here. Yoga Day has also been organized at the clock tower in Lal Chowk, Srinagar. This event has been organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is practicing yoga in Visakhapatnam. During this, a large number of people are also doing yoga there. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan are also present.

Prime Minister Modi said that increasing obesity is a challenge for the whole world. I had discussed this in detail in the Mann Ki Baat program. For this, I also started a challenge to reduce oil in my food by 10%. I once again call upon people from all over the world to join this challenge.

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi said that India is further strengthening the science of yoga through modern research to spread yoga in the world. Big medical institutions of the country are engaged in research on yoga. It is our effort that the scientific nature of yoga gets a place in modern medical system.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and other Indian Army soldiers did yoga on the occasion of Yoga Day in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi said that the city of Visakhapatnam is the confluence of both nature and progress… More than 2 crore people are associated with the Yogandra campaign. This feeling of people’s participation is the main basis of developed India.

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi said that I feel proud when I see that our Divyang friends study Yoga Shastra. Scientists practice yoga in space. Young people from every village participate in the Yoga Olympiad.

Addressing the national function organized on the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi said, “Wishing everyone a very Happy International Yoga Day. Today, for the 11th time, the whole world is practicing yoga together on 21st June. Yoga simply means to connect. It is a pleasure to see how yoga has connected the whole world.”