International Yoga Day 2017: Yoga has played 'big role' in uniting the world, PM Narendra Modi says
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took part in the International Yoga Day festivities at the Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan here.
The occasion was likewise gone to by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a large number of individuals.
Tending to a colossal gathering on the event PM Modi said that yoga was acting in a big way to bond people and the international community.
The PM stated yoga, likened to its ability to join the body, brain and soul, has played a "major part" in restricting the world, cutting crosswise over phonetic and social boundaries.
Wearing a white shirt and free pants, Modi likewise performed asanas alongside more than 50,000 yoga fans overcoming early morning showers.
He called for standardisation of yoga and brought up how the youthful were enamored by yoga, a well established convention propounded by holy people and diviners.
"Prior, Yoga was just limited to holy people and soothsayers in the Himalayan mountains. Presently, it has moved toward becoming piece of each individual's life," he said in his address.
He likewise attested that achieving "wellness" through yoga was more essential than just being physically fit.
"It is not imperative to perform yoga for 24 hours. 50 or a hour (is fine) since it loans concordance to the body, brain and judgment. On the off chance that 1.25 billion Indians and individuals around the globe can achieve this condition of prosperity, at that point mankind can likewise hold over issues conceived out of human musings," he said.
Yoga helps to unite people, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.
"Yoga is an ancient Indian practice and all ancient scriptures including the Vedas have accepted the importance of yoga. Yoga is a way of life and helps to unite people," Adityanath said.