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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today led the first International Yoga Day celebrations in the country, defining yoga as a means to train the human mind to begin a new era of peace and harmony.
The Prime Minister, who practised 'asanas' along with nearly 35,000 participants during a mega event at Rajpath here, also thanked the United Nations and the countries which backed the resolution by India to mark June 21 as International Yoga Day.
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LIVE UPDATES: 7.40 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves Rajpath premises. |
| <p>7.36 AM: The record-breaking Yoga event at Rajpath comes to an end.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje take part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/HCCpAu2bWT">pic.twitter.com/HCCpAu2bWT</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612440351484215296">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje take part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/HCCpAu2bWT">pic.twitter.com/HCCpAu2bWT</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612440351484215296">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><p><img alt="Gurusamy.png" id="_893090ce-effc-4130-902f-57c5eebda0ed" src="http://images.newindianexpress.com/uploads/user/imagelibrary/2015/6/21/3/original/Gurusamy.png" width="120" /> </p><p><a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2015/jun/21/21-772353.html" id="_d832fece-7c8b-4af0-8736-82ab757d295a">At 107, Yoga keeps him Hale and Hearty</a> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">PM Narendra Modi takes part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/fHiXCVsnnI">pic.twitter.com/fHiXCVsnnI</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612437854057205760">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Home Minister Rajnath Singh takes part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> in Lucknow <a href="http://t.co/6CSddGNfqg">pic.twitter.com/6CSddGNfqg</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612437610095456256">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><p>7.09 AM: PM Modi inspects the participants as they perform Yoga.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">PM Narendra Modi takes part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/rkr5Papxq0">pic.twitter.com/rkr5Papxq0</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612433480450883584">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">PM Narendra Modi takes part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/ICSPaK9tCt">pic.twitter.com/ICSPaK9tCt</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612433429666213888">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">PM Narendra Modi takes part in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalDayofYoga?src=hash">#InternationalDayofYoga</a> <a href="http://t.co/C0VBYhf98B">pic.twitter.com/C0VBYhf98B</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612432912537923585">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><p>7.02 AM: Prime Minister Modi performs Yoga at Rajpath.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mann, buddhi, shareer, aatma, all have to be in sync: PM Narendra Modi <a href="http://t.co/9J4rQ3bSLY">pic.twitter.com/9J4rQ3bSLY</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/612432080434126848">June 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" /><p>6.56 AM: Just making a body flexible, turning body into shapes is not Yoga. Else everyone in a circus would be a yogi: PM</p><p>6.57 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks the UN and the countries which co-sponsored the resolution to mark June 21 as International Day of Yoga.</p><p>6.55 AM: Everything is moving forward, we dont want the situation where humans are lagging behind: PM</p><p>6.54 AM: This is the beginning of a new era. I bow down to the sages who encouraged Yoga through centuries: PM</p><p>6.50 AM: PM Modi addresses over 37,000 Yoga demonstrators in Rajpath</p><p>6.44 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Rajpath</p></td></tr></table> |