In Photos: A Look at How the World Observed International Yoga Day
From Nepal’s mountains to the Eiffel Tower and Pakistan, these are the best photos of International Yoga Day 2018.
The fourth edition of International Yoga Day was commemorated across the world on 21 June 2018.
Here’s a look at some of the best photos from Australia, Indonesia, China, Japan, France, Nepal, Pakistan, and even the high seas!
Addressing over 50,000 yoga enthusiasts in Dehradun, PM Modi said that yoga has become a mass movement across the globe in the quest for good health and well-being, which is crucial to the creation of a peaceful world.
"Dehradun to Dublin, Shanghai to Chicago, Jakarta to Johannesburg, Himalayan highlands or sunburnt deserts, Yoga is enriching millions of lives all over the world. Yoga fosters amity in societies which can form the basis of national unity," the prime minister said.
He said the proposal for Yoga Day was accepted by the UN in record time with a majority of nations supporting it.
Today, people all over the world have come to look upon yoga as something which belongs to them, Modi said.
He also asked people to learn to honour their own legacy and heritage if they wanted the rest of the world to respect them.
"If we don't take pride in our own legacy and heritage no one else will. We should not hesitate in honouring the gems of our own heritage,” PM Modi said.
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