Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said that our yoga has become a global festival today. Today on International Yoga Day it is coming alive in every corner of the world which is a proud moment for every Indian. The Vice President accredited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for putting Yoga on the international stage, at the United Nations General Assembly on 27 September 2014 which was supported by 193 countries of the world. It was announced by the United Nations on 11th December 2014 that every year 21st June will be celebrated as International Yoga Day and with this Prime Minister Modi’s relentless efforts for Yoga became successful.
Vice President Dhankhar said that today we are celebrating 9th International Yoga Day. Prime Minister Modi will participate in a mass yoga programme today at 5:30 pm in the United Nations premises, in which 180 countries of the world will participate. This is the international acceptance of India’s dignity and glory. It is a symbol of positive change towards India for the whole world.
Today, on the 9th International Yoga Day, a grand programme was organized at the Garrison Ground in Jabalpur. About 15 thousand people performed yoga simultaneously in the presence of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Prime Minister Modi said that Yoga has today become a global movement, a global spirit. He said that today is a historic and unprecedented occasion, when on the call of India, more than 180 countries of the world will participate in the Yoga Day programme of the United Nations. Today the Yoga programme ‘Ocean Ring of Yoga’ is being organized all over the world, crores of people are participating in it. The two poles of the earth are coming together, Yoga is what connected the entire world. This is our ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning the whole world is one family culture. Yoga brings health, longevity, strength and happiness. With the energy of yoga, there is welfare all around. Yoga makes us realize the unity of the living being. This is the basis of the love of human beings. Through yoga, we can eliminate contradictions, deadlocks and resistances. Skill in actions is yoga. Dedication to one’s duties leads to Yogsiddhi, through Yoga one performs selfless actions. The Prime Minister wished the whole world a Happy Yoga Day.
Vice President Dhankhar said that Yoga is the key to a healthy life and health is our wealth. Yoga is full health insurance at zero premium. We need to be healthy in order to use our potential fully for the service of humanity and yoga is necessary to be healthy. The first happiness is a healthy body. Yoga symbolizes the unity of body, mind and soul.
Vice President Dhankhar said that yoga is not for any one caste but for the welfare of the entire humanity. Today, along with good health, it has also become an important skill, through which a good career can be made all over the world. Today the whole world needs good yoga instructors.
Vice President Dhankhar said that today on the occasion of International Yoga Day, I am overwhelmed for having got the opportunity of visiting the land of Maa Narmada and Rani Durgavati and doing yoga here. This is the most memorable moment of my life. Yoga is not for a day it has to be practiced every day. It is a symbol of world unity. It is a symbol of India’s culture of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and thinking of the welfare of the world. Yoga has been an integral part of our culture for thousands of years. The theme of the G-20 Summit being held in India is based on our culture ‘One Earth, One Future and One Family’.
