PM Modi leads 9th International Yoga Day celebrations at UN headquarters
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- PM Modi-led Yoga celebration at the UN headquarters here on Wednesday created a Guinness World Record for the participation of people of most nationalities.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently on his maiden state visit to the United States, led the celebrations of International Yoga Day at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York today. People from more than 180 countries joined the PM for the Yoga Day programme. This year the theme of Yoga Day is 'Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' i.e. Yoga for the welfare of all in the form of 'One World-One Family'.(PTI)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently on his maiden state visit to the United States, led the celebrations of International Yoga Day at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York today. People from more than 180 countries joined the PM for the Yoga Day programme. This year the theme of Yoga Day is 'Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' i.e. Yoga for the welfare of all in the form of 'One World-One Family'. (ANI)
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The Yoga celebration led by Prime Minister Modi at the UN headquarters created the Guinness World Record for participation of people of most nationalities, officials said.(ANI)
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PM Modi takes part at the yoga session at UN Headquarters lawns in New York on the occasion of 9th International Yoga Day.(PTI)
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The event witnessed participation from the President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, actor Richard Gere and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (PTI)
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PM Modi with UN Dy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and New York City Mayor Eric Adams during the 9th International Day of Yoga celebrations at the UN headquarters.(PTI)
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PM Modi paid tribute to the bust of Mahatma Gandhi ahead of the Yoga session .(ANI)
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“Yoga changes our physical performance but it can spark in us different mental and intellectual performance. I have been an admirer of Yoga. Our world needs balance and self-control. Yoga is one of the means of achieving this,” UNGA President Csaba Kőrösi said during his speech.(ANI)
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"At around 5:30 pm IST, I will participate in the Yoga program which is being organised at the headquarters of the United Nations. The coming together of more than 180 countries on India's call is historic. When the proposal for Yoga Day came to the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, it was supported by a record number of countries," PM Modi said in a video message on Wednesday morning. (ANI)
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Speaking about the 'Ocean Ring of Yoga', PM Modi said, "The 'Ocean Ring of Yoga' has made the Yoga Day events more special this year. Its idea is based on the interrelationship between the idea of yoga and the expanse of the ocean." (ANI)
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