New Delhi: Yoga Day event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN Headquarters in New York will see participation from President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, actor Richard Gere and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads the Yoga Day event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the occasion of #9thInternationalYogaDay pic.twitter.com/3G8I9YGvNA
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#WATCH | At the Yoga Day event at the UN HQ in New York, PM Narendra Modi says, “…Let us use the power of Yoga not only to be healthy, happy but also to be kind to ourselves and to each other. Let us use the power of Yoga to build bridges of friendship, a peaceful world and a… pic.twitter.com/QwAEEBo9r8
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Yoga comes from India and it is a very old tradition. Yoga is free from copyrights, patents and free from royalty payments. Yoga is adaptable to your age, gender and fitness level. Yoga is portable and is truly universal: PM Modi, in New York
We’ve gathered here at the meeting point of entire humanity. I am delighted to see you all and thank you all for coming. I am told that almost every nationality is represented here today. Yoga means to unite, so you are coming together is an expression of another form of Yoga: PM Modi, in New York
#WATCH | At the Yoga Day event at the UN HQ in New York, PM Narendra Modi says, “Last year the entire world came together to support India’s proposal to celebrate 2023 as the International Year of Millets…It is wonderful to see the entire world come together again for Yoga.” pic.twitter.com/h461S45hdV
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#WATCH | “…This #InternationalYogaDay is a call for us to stand up for humankind across the globe and all living being. I am proud to be here & I am proud to represent this city symbolically. International Yoga Day is an international call that we will be a leader here in New… pic.twitter.com/LoIQwUDfXd
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New York | 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… pic.twitter.com/yhGNuECq31
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#WATCH | At the UN HQ in New York, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj says, “Today’s celebration is indeed very special as PM Modi will lead us in doing yoga here. It is under his leadership that 21st June was declared as #InternationalYogaDay.… pic.twitter.com/CYqGtGw7Hq
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#WATCH | Richard Gere arrives at the UN HQ in New York to take part in the Yoga Day event led by PM Narendra Modi.
“…It is a very nice feeling here today,” he says. pic.twitter.com/vbpDnYZ5O6
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#WATCH | New York: I am extremely excited to be here. Thousands of people are here. I will be following PM Modi today and will do yoga here. This time it’s going to be really huge and amazing: Three-time Grammy Award-Winning Musician Ricky Kej#9thInternationalYogaDay pic.twitter.com/kk2bcbTbbC
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People from more than 180 countries will be joining the PM for the Yoga Day programme.
“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.
The Prime Minister is presently on his maiden state visit to the United States, during which he will lead celebrations of International Yoga Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York today.
