Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made yoga popular not only in India but across the world, turning it into a global wellness movement.
Participating in the 11th International Yoga Day at RK Beach in Visakhapatnam, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister highlighted that yoga is being celebrated in more than 175 countries, across 12 lakh locations with the participation of over 10 crore people.
“I am thanking our visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making yoga popular not only in India, but across the world. He started International Yoga Day through the United Nations and made yoga a global wellness movement,” said Naidu, addressing several lakh yoga day participants on the seashore in the port city.
Yoga is a great personal discipline, also a system that takes people from “Me to We” and is the pause button that humanity needs to breathe, balance to become whole again, he added. The PM later joined the volunteers to perform Yoga, said Naidu.
Naidu said Modi made Yoga popular not only in India but across the world, turning it into a global wellness movement. Naidu highlighted that Yoga Day is being celebrated in more than 175 countries, across 12 lakh locations, with the participation of over 10 crore people.
“I am thanking our visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making Yoga popular not only in India, but also) across the world. He started International Yoga Day through the United Nations and made Yoga a global wellness movement,” said Naidu.
