President Draupadi Murmu on Saturday attended the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations in Dehradun, Uttarakhand along with Governor Gurmeet Singh.
This program held in Police Lines, Dehradun is part of the nationwide festival of yoga on International Yoga Day, the theme of which is ‘Yoga for Earth, Yoga for A Health.’ The 11th Annual Yoga Day celebrations saw widespread participation from states across the country.
In the photographs received from the police line, President Murmu is seen doing asanas with the Governor and other officials. The President is on a three -day visit to Uttarakhand, which will end today.
During his visit, on 20 June, President Murmu inaugurated President Niketan for the general public and also visited the National System Disabled Empowerment Institute, where he saw an exhibition and model school science laboratory and interacted with the students. On the same day, he also released a postage stamp on the completion of 125 years of Raj Bhavan, Nainital.
Earlier today, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Visakhapatnam the nationwide Yoga Day celebrations, he urged the international community to adopt “internal peace” as “global policy” and make yoga a collective global responsibility.
The Prime Minister said, “I would like to urge the global community on this important occasion to celebrate this International Yoga Day as the beginning of yoga for humanity. This should be a day when inner peace becomes a global policy, where yoga is not only adopted as a personal practice, but also adopted as a powerful tool for global partnership and unity. Come, every country and every society makes every society and every society, every society and every society makes a share of collective welfare Contribute. “
The event was held on the panoramic beach of Visakhapatnam, where the Indian Navy ships were deployed near the coast, which further increased the grandeur of the ceremony. Millions of yoga lovers, residents and dignitaries of Andhra Pradesh joined the Prime Minister Modi.
Calling the global mass movement through yoga, PM Modi said, “Come, let us all make yoga a mass movement. A movement that leads the world to peace, health and harmony. Where every person starts the day with yoga and balance in life. Where every society is connected to yoga and stress. Where yoga becomes free to bind together. Where yoga becomes a medium for tying humanity. Where Yoga becomes a medium of tie. Chief Ministers, many Union Ministers including many other leaders also participated in Yoga Day programs across the country.