Modi attends Yoga Day event in Vizag, commends Nara Lokesh for organising it
Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Addressing an International Yoga Day event in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapattanam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, June 21, that Yoga gives the world the direction of peace at a time when it is witnessing conflicts, unrest, and instability. PM Modi also congratulated Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT, EC, Real Time Governance and HR Development, Nara Lokesh, for organising the event. “Nara Lokesh has shown us how the social celebration of yoga must be done, integrating people from every walk of society. His efforts deserve special mention, and we should see it as an example of how yoga must be used as a tool for peace,” he said. The Prime Minister was leading the national event to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga. Performing the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) along with over three lakh people at the RK Beach, he emphasised the importance of yoga in ensuring happiness and peace. He urged the international community to let this Yoga Day mark the beginning of yoga for humanity 2.0, where inner peace becomes a global policy. PM Modi further stated that yoga should not be a mere personal practice but become the medium of global partnership where every country and society makes yoga part of their life and public policy. “Yoga, in simple terms, means to connect. It has connected the world,” he said. He recalled that in 2014, when India moved a resolution in the United Nations to celebrate June 21 as the International Yoga Day, 175 countries supported the resolution in a short time. “This support was not just for a resolution, but it was the collective effort of the entire world for the well-being of humanity. After 11 years, we can now see that yoga has become a part of the lifestyle of crores of people around the world...Whether it’s the steps of the Opera House, the peak of Mount Everest, or the vastness of the sea, every place echoes the same message: Yoga is for everyone and belongs to all. Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability,” he added. PM Modi said that he feels proud to see Divyang friends study Yoga Shastras in Braille, scientists practice yoga in space, and young friends participate in the Yoga Olympiads in villages. He pointed out that yoga is also being performed on the Navy ships off the Visakhapatnam coast. “The theme for this year’s International Day of Yoga is 'Yoga For One Earth, For One Health'. This theme reflects a deep truth: The health of every entity on Earth is interconnected. Human well-being depends on the health of the soil that grows our food, the rivers that give us water, the health of the animals that share our ecosystems, and the plants that nourish us. Yoga awakens us to this interconnectedness, leads us on a journey towards oneness with the world, and teaches us that we are not isolated individuals but part of nature," the PM said. Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prakash Jadhav, central ministers K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Chandrasekhar Pemmasani, Bhupati Raju Srinivasa Varma, state ministers Nara Lokesh and Satya Kumar, MPs D Purandeswari and M Bharat were present. With inputs from IANS
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AT an International Yoga Day event in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapattanam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, June 21, that Yoga gives the world the direction of peace at a time when it is witnessing conflicts, unrest, and instability.
Modi also congratulated Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT, EC, Real Time Governance and HR Development, Nara Lokesh, for organising the event.
“Nara Lokesh has shown us how the social celebration of yoga must be done, integrating people from every walk of society. His efforts deserve special mention, and we should see it as an example of how yoga must be used as a tool for peace,” he said.
The Prime Minister was leading the national event to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga.
Performing the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) along with over three lakh people at the RK Beach, he emphasised the importance of yoga in ensuring happiness and peace.
He urged the international community to let this Yoga Day mark the beginning of yoga for humanity 2.0, where inner peace becomes a global policy.
Modi further stated that yoga should not be a mere personal practice but become the medium of global partnership where every country and society makes yoga part of their life and public policy. “Yoga, in simple terms, means to connect. It has connected the world,” he said.
He recalled that in 2014, when India moved a resolution in the United Nations to celebrate June 21 as the International Yoga Day, 175 countries supported the resolution in a short time.
“This support was not just for a resolution, but it was the collective effort of the entire world for the well-being of humanity. After 11 years, we can now see that yoga has become a part of the lifestyle of crores of people around the world...Whether it’s the steps of the Opera House, the peak of Mount Everest, or the vastness of the sea, every place echoes the same message: Yoga is for everyone and belongs to all. Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability,” he added.
Modi said that he feels proud to see Divyang friends study Yoga Shastras in Braille, scientists practice yoga in space, and young friends participate in the Yoga Olympiads in villages. He pointed out that yoga is also being performed on the Navy ships off the Visakhapatnam coast.
“The theme for this year’s International Day of Yoga is 'Yoga For One Earth, For One Health'. This theme reflects a deep truth: The health of every entity on Earth is interconnected. Human well-being depends on the health of the soil that grows our food, the rivers that give us water, the health of the animals that share our ecosystems, and the plants that nourish us. Yoga awakens us to this interconnectedness, leads us on a journey towards oneness with the world, and teaches us that we are not isolated individuals but part of nature," the PM said.
Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prakash Jadhav, central ministers K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Chandrasekhar Pemmasani, Bhupati Raju Srinivasa Varma, state ministers Nara Lokesh and Satya Kumar, MPs D Purandeswari and M Bharat were present.
With inputs from IANS
