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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi leads celebrations at Meerut on International Yoga Day

| | 21 Jun 2016, 05:59 pm
New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Yoga has now become “crown of the world’s health” and we feel proud that India’s thousands years old culture has proved to be “resource of health” for the entire world and its people.

He was leading the Yoga celebrations on the Grounds of CCS University in Meerut today.

Participating in the second “International Yoga Day” with thousands of people at Meerut, Shri Naqvi appealed to the people to make this “International Yoga Day” a day of commitment to good health. Celebration of “International Yoga Day” by the entire world community with passion and enthusiasm is another evidence of India’s growing prestige at global level, he said.

He congratulated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose efforts have resulted into global recognition and acceptance of Yoga.

Naqvi said that Yoga is more important today as human mind and body has been affected by stress and pollution. Yoga is the “golden key to good health” and “good health is real wealth”.

He said that Yoga is not just an exercise but it is “health science”. Yoga provides energy to our body as well as our mind. It helps in maintaining a balance in our lifestyle. Yoga is the union of the individual self with the universal self. The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.

Naqvi himself has been practicing Yoga for the last several years and Yoga provides benefit to people of all age groups.

Naqvi said that it is not correct to link Yoga with a particular religion, region or community. Only ignorant people are looking at Yoga with “narrow mindset”. ‘Politics on health is harmful for health’, he said.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy presided over the function to celebrate International Yoga Day at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

In order to emphasize importance of sports and to promote Indian heritage of yoga among youth, Shri Goyal participated in mass Yoga demonstration along with Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh.

A large number of students also took part in this 45 minutes Yoga protocol demonstration programme.

Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that Prime Minister  Narendra Modi, with his Yoga Day Celebration, reminded everyone why India has always been considered Knowledge house the world.

Explaining the benefits of Yoga, Singh stated that Yoga is not only increases immunity power of body but it also helps in activating whole system of human physiology.
 

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