Yoga Has Connected The World With India, Says PM Narendra Modi: Top 5 Quotes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed asanas along with thousands of yoga enthusiasts braving early morning drizzles.

World Yoga Day 2017: PM Modi leads thousands of yoga enthusiasts from Ambedkar Sabha Sthal in Lucknow.

Lucknow: Thousands of yoga enthusiasts braved rains and gathered in Lucknow's Ambedkar Sabha Sthal, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the gathering as part of the International Yoga Day celebrations. Dressed in a white T-shirt, PM Modi greeted the people from the stage he shared with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and jokingly told the large gathering -- where people used the yoga mats to shield themselves -- that he had now learnt the benefits of the yoga mat as well. In his address, the prime minister also pointed out how the UN had accepted his proposal in record time to celebrate June 21 as the International Yoga Day.

Here are the Top 5 quotes from his address:

  1. Like salt is essential to food, yoga is important to lead a healthy life
  2. Yoga has played a big role in connecting the world too. Today, yoga has become a part of so many lives. Yoga's popularity outside India is high and has connected the world with India
  3. Yoga not only enlightens the body but also the soul
  4. Wellness more important than simply physical fitness. Yoga is about health assurance. It is not even expensive to practice
  5. In addition to fitness, wellness is important. Yoga is a medium to achieve wellness

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