Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told the gathering at the International Yoga Day event in Srinagar to make ‘yoga part of their daily lives.’
Leading the celebrations of the 10th International Day of Yoga at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here, PM Modi said the number of yoga practitioners around the world is increasing rapidly.
Greeting the people of the country on yoga day, PM Modi said that ‘International Yoga Day has completed a historic journey of 10 years. In 2014, I proposed International Yoga Day at the United Nations. This proposal by India was supported by 177 nations and this was a record in itself. Since then, Yoga Day has been creating new records.’
Urging everybody to make yoga part of their lives, PM Modi shared an experience of his "When I am abroad, global leaders discuss Yoga with me’, alongside mentioning 101-year-old yoga practitioner Frenchwoman Charlotte Chopin.
Chopin was awarded a Padma Shri for her services in popularising yoga in her country.
"This year in India, a 101-year-old woman Yoga teacher from France was accorded the Padma Shri. She had never come to India but she dedicated her entire life to creating awareness about Yoga. Today, research on Yoga is being done in prestigious universities and institutions around the world; research papers are being published," the PM Modi was quoted as saying.
Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and Ayush Minister Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav are among those who attended the event.