INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY: YOGA TEACHES US WE ARE NOT ISOLATED INDIVIDUALS BUT INTEGRAL PARTS OF NATURE: PM MODI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting the students and other participants of the Yoga Day celebration after his speech Narendra Modi wished International Yoga Day on Saturday (June 21, 2025) from Visakhapatanam in a massive International Yoga Day organised by Andhra Pradesh.

- KALIDAS NEWDELHI

The Yoga Day programme was organised along a 26-km-long corridor from R.K. Beach in the port city of Visakhapatnam, which stretches up to Bhogapuram.

Andhra Pradesh bagged Guinness record for staging the maximum number of people doing Surya Namaskar at a place.

During his speech, PM Modi said that it is not an ordinary feat that 175 nations have adopted Yoga in just 11 years after the U.N. declared June 21 as International Day of Yoga in 2014

Arunachal Pradesh joined the nation in celebrating International Yoga Day with a series of events across the State, led by Governor Lt. Gen (Retd.) K.T. Parnaik and CM Pema Khandu, who underscored the importance of yoga for physical and mental well-being.

Governor Parnaik participated in the yoga session at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.

Emphasising the day’s theme ‘Yoga for One Earth, One Health’, he said yoga has evolved into a global movement that transcends cultural, religious, and national boundaries.

“It has shown us how inner peace can foster outer peace, and how a calm mind leads to a healthier life,” Governor Parnaik said, calling yoga a timeless gift from India's ancient wisdom that promotes harmony of body, mind, and spirit.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel celebrated the International Yoga Day by participating in yoga-related events at various places of the State.

“While Mr. Shah performed yoga with citizens at Prahladnagar Garden in Ahmedabad city, CM Patel participated in the mass yoga session in Vadnagar town of Mehsana district,” the birthplace of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.