bdnews24.com :Narendra Modi leads Yoga Day, India Attempts World Record Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday joined thousands practising yoga at the Rajpath in New Delhi and said the International Yoga Day on June 21 was the start of a new era for training the human mind for peace and harmony.Speaking at a function marking the start of the International Yoga Day at the Rajpath, Modi said yoga is not only an exercise to make the body flexible, but a path for inner development.”It marks a new era of training of human mind for peace and harmony,” said Modi who wore a white T-shirt and was seen doing yoga as well. About 37,000 people are taking part in the yoga programme on the Rajpath.Modi began his speech by asking: “Did anybody ever think that Rajpath can become Yogpath.” “United Nations is celebrating International Yoga divas today. I think it is not any other day, but an effort to achieve peace and harmony.””I bow to the gurus who have kept this tradition alive since centuries,” he said. He said: “Yoga is not a physical activity, if that would have been the case, then people working in circus would have been yogis.”The prime minister recalled the contribution of ancient sages, yoga gurus and practitioners across the world through the ages, for making yoga what it is, today.He said that, as mankind advances in various spheres of development and technology, individual human beings must progress too, and yoga offered an avenue for this.”Yoga is not merely an exercise, but offers an opportunity for balancing the mind and body, and can help harness an individual’s inner strength,” he said.He acknowledged all countries across the world who are observing International Yoga Day and the 177 countries which co-sponsored the resolution in the United Nations for adopting June 21 as International Yoga Day.
