Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is in New York on a State visit at the invitation from White House gave his International Day of Yoga (IDY) speech from there. This year, the programmes of the International Day of Yoga have become more special due to the 'Ocean Ring of Yoga'. The idea of the 'Ocean Ring of Yoga' is based on the mutual relation of 'Yog Ke Vichaar' and 'Samundra Ka Vistaar,' Modi said.
Our rishis and sages have defined yoga as "yujyate anen iti yoga," means the one that unites is yoga. So this propagation of yoga is an extension of the idea that the whole world is included as one family, he added.
PM Modi who will be attending the Yoga program at the United Nations Headquarters around 5.30 pm Indian time said, “The coming together of more than 180 countries on India's call is historic and unprecedented.” It is based on the mutual relation between the idea of yoga and the expanse of the ocean. ‘Yog Bharatmala and Yoga Sagarmala’ made by Army personnel using water sources. India's two research bases from the Arctic to Antarctica i.e. the two poles of the earth are also connected with yoga.
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“What unites us, is Yoga. The propagation of Yoga is an extension of the idea that the whole world is included as one family. It is the propagation of the ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. “Today, crores of people all over the world are doing yoga together on the theme of ‘Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, PM Modi said.
One acquires health, vigour and strength through Yoga and those who have been regularly involved in this practice over the years have felt its energy. Yoga creates a healthy and powerful society where the collective energy is much more. India's culture and social structure, its spirituality and ideals, and its philosophy and vision have always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace, PM Modi said.
Indians have welcomed new ideas and conserved them Modi observed while highlighting the country’s celebrated rich diversity. Yoga strengthens such feelings, expands the inner vision, and connects us with that consciousness which makes us feel the unity of the living being giving a basis of love for the living being. We have to eliminate our contradictions, blockages and resistances through yoga. “We have to present the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ as an example to the world”, Modi said.
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Ocean Ring of Yoga-As part of International Day of Yoga 2023 'Ocean Ring of Yoga', nearly 3500 naval personnel onboard 19 Indian Naval ships have travelled over 35,000 Km as ambassadors of Yoga in both national and international waters, Indian Navy has said in a statement.
This year, Indian Navy is actively supporting the IDY at a global scale as port calls are planned at Chattogram, Bangladesh; Safaga, Egypt; Jakarta, Indonesia; Mombasa, Kenya; Toamasina, Madagascar; Muscat, Oman; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Phuket, Thailand; and Dubai, UAE by Indian Naval Ships, the statement has said.
On Dec. 11, 2014, the UN General Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution declaring June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. Since then, millions of people have participated in the celebrations of yoga every year worldwide, the UN said.
This year, the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, in collaboration with the UN Secretariat, is organizing the 9th International Day of Yoga at the North Lawn Area of the UNHQ, under the theme "Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (Yoga for 'The World is One Family'). Delegates from the UN Member States, Officials and staff of the UN secretariat as well as eminent persons from all walks of life in New York, will be participating in the event, the UN said.
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