International Yoga Day 2023: Today the world marked the ninth year of celebrating International Yoga Day. The UN recognized June 21 as International Yoga Day through a resolution in 2014. While the global celebration of IDY 2023 will be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. In the US, the national celebration of IDY 2023 was led by the Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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Even after being in another part of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the national celebration of International Yoga Day 2023 through a video message. Some key points from his speech are:
- “The coming together of more than 180 countries in response to India’s call is historic and unprecedented.”
- “What unites us is Yoga”
- “Yoga creates a healthy and powerful society where collective energy is much greater”
- “India’s culture and social structure, its spirituality and ideals, and its philosophy and vision have always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace”
- “Yoga connects us with that consciousness that makes us feel the unity of the living being”
- “Through Yoga we know selfless action, we decide the journey from Karma to Karmayoga”
- “Our physical strength and our mental expansion will be the basis of a developed India”
People of different styles practiced yoga and shared their snapshots on social media to inspire others. Check out some of them below:
Prime Minister Narendra performed yoga at the UN headquarters with many others. On his Twitter, he also shared some glimpses with the caption: “What a great Yoga Day program in New York! Grateful for the energy and commitment shown by all participants. This shows how Yoga unites us in the pursuit of health, peace and harmony. Incredible! YogaDay brought yoga enthusiasts together at the UN headquarters and set a new Guinness World Record. This is the unifying power of Yoga in action, which ‘Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ exemplifies: the world is, indeed, one family.”
Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter
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President Droupadi Murmu today performed yoga at Rashtrapati Bhawan to commemorate. She wrote on Twitter: “Yoga is one of the great achievements of our civilization and India’s great gift to the rest of the world. Yoga brings together the body and mind and is a holistic approach to life. Yoga helps us “To be in a better position to face the growing challenges around us. On this day, I urge everyone to adopt yoga in their daily lives and experience its transformative power.”
Indian Army personnel practice yoga at Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh Source: Twitter
Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, ITBP, BSF and BRO are working together to demonstrate the chain of yoga that creates Yoga Bharatmala and Yoga Sagarmala. On the other hand, the Indian coast will host the Yoga Sagarmala yoga event this year, also on the upper deck of INS Vikrant.
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Indian Army personnel practiced yoga in Siachen and Ladakh. From Siachen Glacier and Ladakh in the north, remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh in the east, Indira Point in the south to Kutch and Thar in the west. Source: Indian Army ADG-PI Twitter
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
Beyond the barriers. On today’s occasion, all paraplegics and amputees at Pune Paraplegic Rehabilitation Center and Artificial Limb Center practiced yoga under the government’s Har Aangan Yoga initiative.
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
Minister Anurag Thakur, Smriti Z Irani and celebrities like Shilpa Shetty also shared their videos and messages on different social media platforms. Harsh Sanghavi, MLA from Surat shared a video on Twitter. He wrote: “SURAT achieved a Guinness World Record.” On the state-level ‘International Yoga Day’, Surat achieved a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people for a yoga session at a single place. More than one lakh people participated in the event. This remarkable feat is a testimony to Prime Minister Modii Ji’s clarion call for #YogaForAll.”
“SURAT achieved a Guinness World Record”
On the state-level ‘International Yoga Day’, Surat set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people for a yoga session at a single place. More than one lakh people participated in the event.
This remarkable feat is testament… pic.twitter.com/wrMERemLYK
– Duro Sanghavi (@sanghaviharsh)
June 21, 2023
#LOOK | Inmates and prison staff perform yoga in the Central Prison on the occasion of #9thInternationalDayofYoga in Indore, Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/oTIdDbXfrp
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ)
June 21, 2023
A spark of smile can spread the fire of happiness around us. But to be able to do so, one needs to be happy inside… Make Yoga a part of your lives too, for a healthy mind, body and soul. As they say, a healthy person is a happy person 💪♥️😊
Wishing you all a happy and… pic.twitter.com/Rz7gmk0XG9
– SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty)
June 21, 2023
Yoga is about transcending your limitations and experiencing the Universal Nature of Existence. One Earth, one family, one future: the way forward for humanity. #InternationalYogaDay @UNESCO @IndiaAtUNESCO @MEAIndia @MoAYUSH pic.twitter.com/mXTmTQKQLT
– Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV)
June 21, 2023
He #Yoga The session was conducted by Shri Mayank Vashishth and Shri Krisanu Banikya of @Art of living, #guwahati where they collectively performed various asanas. A light drizzle during the event created a serene atmosphere for the ninth edition of the day. pic.twitter.com/widnD787Am
— PRO, Kohima & Imphal, Ministry of Defense (@prodefkohima)
June 21, 2023
Below we present memorable moments of the #YogaDay program in New York City… pic.twitter.com/roNQMXfmeq
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
June 22, 2023
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The Prime Minister said in his speech: “The coming together of more than 180 countries in response to India’s call is historic and unprecedented.” He recalled the support of a record number of countries in 2014 when the Yoga Day proposal was presented at the UN General Assembly, making Yoga a global movement and a global spirit through the International Day of Yoga.
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