The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participated along with thousands of participants in a Mass Yoga Demonstration at Mysore Palace ground, Mysuru on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga (IDY) today. Governor of Karnataka, Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Chief Minister Shri Basavaraj Bommai, and Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal were among those present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the yogic energy, which has been nurtured for centuries by the spiritual centers of India like Mysuru, is today giving direction to global health. Today yoga is becoming a basis for global cooperation and is providing a belief of a healthy life to mankind, he added. He said that today we see that Yoga has come out of the households and has spread all over the world and this is a picture of spiritual realization, and that of natural and shared human consciousness, especially in the last two years of an unprecedented pandemic. “Yoga has now become a global festival. Yoga is not only for any individual, but for the entire humanity. Therefore, this time the theme of International Day of Yoga is - Yoga for humanity”, he said. He thanked the United Nation and all the countries for taking this theme globally.
Quoting Indian sages the Prime Minister emphasized “Yoga brings peace for us. The peace from yoga is not merely for individuals. Yoga brings peace to our society. Yoga brings peace to our nations and the world. And, Yoga brings peace to our universe.”, he continued “This whole universe starts from our own body and soul. The universe starts from us. And, Yoga makes us conscious of everything within us and builds a sense of awareness”
The Prime Minister remarked that India is celebrating Yoga Day at a time when the country is celebrating its 75th year of independence, the Amrit Mahotsav. This widespread acceptance of Yoga Day, The Prime Minister said, is the acceptance of that Amrit spirit of India which gave energy to India's freedom struggle. That is why Mass Yoga demonstrations are being organised at 75 iconic locations across the country which have been witness to the glorious history of India and have been the center of cultural energy. “The experience of collective yoga at the historical sites of India is like tying together India's past, India's diversity, and India's expansion”, he elaborated. He also informed about the novel programme ‘Guardian Yoga Ring’ which is a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and United Nations organisations along with Indian Missions abroad to illustrate Yoga's unifying power that surpasses national boundaries. As the sun apparently moves from the east to the west across the world, the Mass Yoga Demonstrations in the participating countries, if seen from any one point on Earth, will seem to be happening one after the other, almost in tandem, thus underlining the concept of ‘One Sun, One earth’. “These practices of yoga are giving wonderful inspiration for health, balance and cooperation”, he added.
Shri Modi pointed out that Yoga is not just part of life for us, today, it has become a way of life. He said Yoga need not be limited to a particular time and location. He said “no matter how stressful we are, a few minutes of meditation relaxes us and increases our productivity. Therefore, we do not have to take yoga as an extra work. We also have to know yoga and we also have to live yoga. We also have to achieve yoga, we also have to adopt yoga. When we start living yoga, Yoga Day will become a medium for us not to do yoga, but to celebrate our health, happiness and peace.”
The Prime Minister said that today is the time to realize the infinite possibilities associated with yoga. Today our youth are coming in large numbers with new ideas in the field of yoga. He also informed about the Startup Yoga Challenge by the Ayush Ministry. The Prime Minister congratulated the 2021 winners of ‘Prime Minister’s Awards for outstanding contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga’.
Integrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with celebrations of 8th IDY, Mass Yoga demonstrations are being organised at 75 iconic locations across the country under the leadership of 75 Union Ministers, along with the Yoga Demonstration by the Prime Minister at Mysore. The Yoga demonstrations are also being held by various educational, social, political, cultural, religious, corporate and other civil society organisations and will be attended by crores of people across the country.
The Prime Minister’s Yoga programme at Mysuru is also part of the novel programme ‘Guardian Yoga Ring’ which is a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and United Nations organisations along with Indian Missions abroad to illustrate Yoga's unifying power that surpasses National boundaries.
Since 2015, the International Day of Yoga (IDY) has been celebrated worldwide on 21st June every year. The theme for this year’s Yoga day is “Yoga for Humanity”. The theme portrays how Yoga served humanity in alleviating suffering during Covid Pandemic.
मैसूरू जैसे भारत के आध्यात्मिक केन्द्रों ने जिस योग-ऊर्जा को सदियों से पोषित किया, आज वो योग ऊर्जा विश्व स्वास्थ्य को दिशा दे रही है।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
आज योग वैश्विक सहयोग का पारस्परिक आधार बन रहा है।
आज योग मानव मात्र को निरोग जीवन का विश्वास दे रहा है: PM @narendramodi
योग अब एक वैश्विक पर्व बन गया है।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
योग किसी व्यक्ति मात्र के लिए नहीं, संपूर्ण मानवता के लिए है।
इसलिए, इस बार अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस की थीम है- Yoga for humanity: PM @narendramodi
Yoga brings peace for us.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
The peace from yoga is not merely for individuals.
Yoga brings peace to our society.
Yoga brings peace to our nations and the world.
And, Yoga brings peace to our universe: PM @narendramodi
This whole universe starts from our own body and soul.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
The universe starts from us.
And, Yoga makes us conscious of everything within us and builds a sense of awareness: PM @narendramodi
भारत में हम इस बार योग दिवस हम एक ऐसे समय पर मना रहे हैं जब देश अपनी आजादी के 75वें वर्ष का पर्व मना रहा है, अमृत महोत्सव मना रहा है।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
योग दिवस की ये व्यापकता, ये स्वीकार्यता भारत की उस अमृत भावना की स्वीकार्यता है जिसने भारत के स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम को ऊर्जा दी थी: PM
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर भी हमने इस बार “Guardian Ring of Yoga” का ऐसा ही अभिनव प्रयोग विश्व भर में हो रहा है।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
दुनिया के अलग-अलग देशों में सूर्योदय के साथ, सूर्य की गति के साथ, लोग योग कर रहे हैं: PM @narendramodi
दुनिया के लोगों के लिए योग आज हमारे लिए केवल part of life नहीं, बल्कि योग अब way of life बन रहा है: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
हम कितने तनावपूर्ण माहौल में क्यों न हों, कुछ मिनट का ध्यान हमें relax कर देता है, हमारी productivity बढ़ा देता है।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2022
इसलिए, हमें योग को एक अतिरिक्त काम के तौर पर नहीं लेना है।
हमें योग को जानना भी है, हमें योग को जीना भी है।
हमें योग को पाना भी है, हमें योग को अपनाना भी है: PM
