Yoga day celebrations at Marine drive, Mumbai. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
International Yoga Day 2019 Live Streaming Updates: On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said Yoga goes “beyond the distinction of age, colour, caste, creed, creed, cult, rich-poor, province, frontier” and belongs to everyone. He led a Yoga session in Jharkhand’s Ranchi, which was attended by approximately 30,000 people.
His Cabinet ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh were seen participating at Rohtak and New Delhi, respectively. In Delhi, a host of events have been planned to mark the day on June 21. At a park opposite the BJP headquarters in the national capital, working president JP Nadda performed yoga along with other party leaders. Besides, newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla participated in an event held on the premises of the Parliament House complex.
On Thursday, the United Nations headquarters was lit up with postures of ‘Surya Namaskar’ and the message of ‘Yoga for Climate Action’. Yoga postures were projected on the North Facade of the UN Headquarters Building during a special ceremony attended by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu and diplomats and officials from the Indian mission. The North Facade of the UN Secretariat building was awash with ‘Surya Namaskar’ or ‘Sun Salutation’ postures projected against a colourful background.
International Yoga Day 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 4th edition of International Yoga Day in Dehradun last year. (File/Reuters)
Highlights
The 5th International Yoga day was observed across Jammu region Friday with people from all walks of life besides army, police and other security personnel performing various asanas at the place of their postings.
The highlight of the event was the special show of Yoga by Army and BSF dog squads alongside their trainers at different camps, officials said.
They said Yoga camps were also conducted in various jails during which prisoners and jail staff performed Yoga to mark the international Yoga day.
The biggest function in Jammu saw hundreds of people turning up at Hakku Hockey Stadium near Jammu university to take part in the programme organised by various organisations.
State BJP president Ravinder Raina and other senior party leaders also joined the participants, highlighting the importance of various asanas and urging people to adopt these in their daily life for good health. (PTI)
On International Yoga Day, saints of BAPS Ataladara temple perform Yoga in Vadodara.
(Express photo by Bhupendra Rana)
Naval officers and cadets perform yoga on board the decommissioned INS Viraat to mark the 5th International Day of Yoga, at Naval Docks in Mumbai on Friday Morning.
(Express photos by Pradip Das)
Ayush Ministry on the occasion of International Yoga Day has shared an image with different yoga posas to perform and practice.
Army Dog Unit celebrates International Yoga Day 2019 with Army dogs. (Express Photo: Darshan Devaiah BP)
CIDCO, Fortis Hospital along with The Art of Living organised an International Yoga Day event at CIDCO Exhibition centre in Navi Mumbai on Friday morning. (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)
Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, 87, performs yoga at his residence in Bengaluru. (Express Photo: Darshan Devaiah BP)
ITBP personnel perform Yoga on International Yoga Day at Indo-China border in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district.
Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador on the occasion of International Yoga Day at UN Headquarters in New York, said: "UN has a special place in the remarkable growth of Yoga in our own lifetimes. It was here that ancient practice of Yoga was transformed into an annual global observance." Speaking on 'Climate change' which is the theme this Yoga Day, he added, "I hope this indoor yoga session in Gen Assembly hall, the first of its kind, will reinforce values of cleaner,greener&more sustainable future that all of you yogis are committed to."
East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir with MLA O L Sharma and others on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Yamuna Sports ground.
(Express photos by Prem Nath Pandey)
Home Minister Amit Shah accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar attended a yoga session in Rohtak and said, "On International Yoga Day, I express my great gratitude to the Prime Minister for giving a global form to Yoga. The knowledge of yoga is for the welfare of the whole world."
(Express photos by Gurmeet Singh, Partha Paul and Nirmal Harindran)
Actress Shilpa Shetty who is known to practice Yoga regularly takes a session in Mumbai's Gateway of India.
Yoga is ancient and modern. It is constant and evolving. For centuries, the essence of Yoga has remained the same. Today, if our world is adopting yoga, we also have to focus on research related to yoga. For this, it is important that we do not keep yoga bound as the science needs to be added to the fields of Medicine, Physiotherapy, Artificial Intelligence: PM Modi in Ranchi
"The way our phone keep updating itself, we must also read about Yoga and inform the West about the science. Yoga is discipline, dedication, and it has to be followed throughout your life. Yoga is beyond the distinction of age, colour, caste, creed, creed, cult, rich-poor, province, frontier. Yoga belongs to everyone and everyone belongs to Yoga," said PM Modi in Ranchi.
PM Modi in Ranchi: "For centuries, the essence of Yoga has remained the same. Healthy body, stable mind, spirit of oneness— Yoga provides a perfect combination of knowledge, work and devotion. Yoga will make every individual better, as it is constant and evolving. It provides solutions to a lot of problems and encourages unity, harmony."
Urging people to take to Yoga, PM Modi in Ranchi, said, "Instead of just focusing on illness, people must focus on wellness as well. Medicine and surgery is not enough for wellness. Our government has constantly taken efforts to ensure Yoga is the key to wellness and we have also established 'Yoga awards' to encourage people to practice it."
This year's International Yoga Day celebrates 'Climate change' as the theme, PM Narendra Modi attended an event in Jharkhand's Ranchi. Greeting people in the local language, he thanked people for getting up so early and spoke about the benefits of the health scheme: PMJAY or Ayushman Bharat. He says, "I am in Ranchi as the city has a lot of forests and is near to nature and there is a close relationship between Yoga and Nature."
Doctors and students practised 'Aqua Yoga' at Nande Swimming pool on JM road organised by Dnyan Yog Seva Trust on the eve of International Yoga Day on Thursday.
Personnel of 9th Battalion of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) perform 'River Yoga' in Arunachal Pradesh.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev performs yoga along with his followers in Nanded on International Day of Yoga.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also present.
International day of Yoga: ITBP troops of ATS Lohitpur, perform yoga with their dogs and horses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the International Day of Yoga celebrations from Ranchi on Friday, with all arrangements being in place at the Prabhat Tara ground in the city.
Since 2015, the International Day of Yoga has been observed annually on June 21. READ MORE HERE