India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to popularize “India the brand” by announcing International Yoga Day, during his speech in United Nations General Assembly on 27 September 2014. “Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help in well being. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day,” Modi said in his speech in UNGC.
The International day of yoga is celebrated since its inception in 2015 on 21st June, when over 30,000 people including Prime Minister Modi performed yoga at the Rajpath in New Delhi. As the world celebrates fifth International Yoga day on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Ranchi to do yoga with the common people of the capital city. The theme of 5th International Yoga Day 2019 is “Climate Action”.
Chennai students create world cup trophy
On the occasion of International yoga day, school children in Chennai showed their support to the Indian team by performing yoga and forming the cricket world cup trophy. The school children performed different yoga pose infront of the Indian tricolour in the formation of the world cup trophy at school playground.
Twitter handle of Cricket World Cup shared the picture and captioned “Incredible commitment levels to #TeamIndia and International Yoga Day from these school children in Chennai, India.”
Incredible commitment levels to #TeamIndia and International Yoga Day from these school children in Chennai, India ? pic.twitter.com/D7BCfKk6JT
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 21, 2019
Team India’s journey so far
The men in blue are enjoying a dream run in the ongoing world cup after winning three encounters against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan while their clash with New Zealand wash washed away by rain. They are currently at the fourth spot in the points table with seven points and will be hoping to bag another two points by pipping a low lying Afghanistan when they face them on June 22 in Southampton.
