Yoga brings peace to our universe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as he led the main event of the International Day of Yoga in the backdrop of the iconic Mysuru Palace on Tuesday.Thousands of people joined the Prime Minister in the mass Yoga demonstration here.
“This whole universe starts from our own body and soul. The universe starts from us”, Modi said. “And, Yoga makes us conscious of everything within us and builds a sense of awareness”.”Yoga brings peace for us. The peace from yoga is not merely for individuals. Yoga brings peace to our society. Yoga brings peace to our nations and the world. And, Yoga brings peace to our universe”, the Prime Minister said.
Meanwhile, residents of Chandigarh on Tuesday participated in the eighth International Yoga Day celebrations at the famed Rock Garden that was presided over by the Union Territory’s Administrator Banwarilal Purohit. Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash was the guest of honour. Besides the Rock Garden, the administration celebrated the Yoga day at 74 other sites too, including wellness centres and hospitals, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) hotels, tourist spots such the Terraced Garden, the Sukhna lake and the Sector-10 museum, colleges and Panjab University. Nearly 2,000 people comprising participants from Patanjali, Brahma Kumari’s, AYUSH and CRPF personnel performed yoga asanas at the Rock Garden.
