Modi leads #YogaDay Events :: 10 Updates you should know
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with thousands of people joined in a Mass Yoga session at Chandigarh to mark the International Yoga day. Around 30,000 have joined him at the Capitol Complex. More than 57 ministers across the Nation are leading mass Yoga sessions. Here are the 10 updates which you should know,
1. Narendra Modi is wearing a white T-shirt and track pants and he was also having a 'Yoga Mat'.
2. Modi said, "Yoga gives us health assurance at zero budget and Yoga is not about what one will get, it is about what one can give up."
3. Once again Modi stressed, 'Yoga' is not a religious event !
4. Modi also announced two awards for those working to popularize yoga, in India and abroad.
5. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee also started the Yoga Day at Delhi in Rashtrapati Bhavan and 1000 people took part with him.
6. 57 Ministers : including Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Education Minister Smriti Irani - are leading yoga sessions.
7. Ministers also attended a 3 hour rehearsal by Ramdev
8. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj says the International Yoga Day is being celebrated in 191 countries.
9. UN Headquarters was illuminated with images of yoga postures and hundreds of people gathered at Times Square in New York City to practise yoga.
10. This is the second international yoga day after the resolution was adopted by 177 nations without a vote.