December 25, 2025 09:59 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years | Shocking killing inside AMU campus: teacher shot dead during evening walk | Horror on Karnataka highway: sleeper bus bursts into flames after truck crash, 9 killed | PM Modi attends Christmas service at Delhi church, sends message of love and compassion | Delhi erupts over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh; protest outside High Commission | Targeted killing sparks global outrage: American lawmakers condemn mob lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh | Assam on a ‘powder keg’: Himanta Biswa Sarma flags demographic shift, Chicken’s Neck fears | Bangladesh on edge: Student leader shot as pre-poll violence deepens after Hadi killing | Historic deal sealed: India, New Zealand sign landmark Free Trade Agreement in record time | Supreme court snubs urgent plea to stop PMO’s chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif

President inaugurates mass Yoga event to commemorate International Yoga Day

| | Jun 21, 2015, at 04:17 pm
##YogaDay # #InternationalYogaDay # #NarendraModi # #PranabMukherjee # #RashtrapatiBhavan
New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a mass Yoga event at Rashtrapati Bhavan to commemorate the International Yoga Day on Sunday.
Speaking on the occasion, the President conveyed his best wishes to all on International Yoga Day. 
 
He said that India is the home of Yoga where it was practiced over centuries. One of the most important teachers of Yoga was Yoga Guru Patanjali. 
 
He stated that Yoga is both an art as well as a science. It has amazing curative as well as preventive powers for the well-being of humanity and for the management of many modern lifestyle related disorders. 
 
He expressed his happiness that many residents of Rashtrapati Bhavan have been practicing Yoga for a long period of time. He was also happy to see that the employees and residents are participating enthusiastically to commemorate the International Yoga Day. 
 
Around 1000 residents and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President’s Body Guard, the Army Guard, ITBP and the Delhi Police participated in the mass Yoga event. 
 
The event was organized in collaboration with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India). Yoga practice classes were also conducted for residents of the President’s Estate from June 1 to 20 in preparation for the International Yoga Day.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: PM Modi pays heartfelt tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 101st birth anniversary at Rajghat
In Images: PM Modi pays heartfelt tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 101st birth anniversary at Rajghat Dec 25, 2025, at 02:05 pm
In Images: Inside PM Modi’s Christmas visit to Delhi church
In Images: Inside PM Modi’s Christmas visit to Delhi church Dec 25, 2025, at 12:26 pm
In Images: PM Modi, Oman’s Sultan witness MoU exchange
In Images: PM Modi, Oman’s Sultan witness MoU exchange Dec 19, 2025, at 12:06 am
Related Videos
#bangladesh: Hindu Man Lynched, Set Ablaze as Islamist Mob Runs Riot After Youth Leader’s Killing Dec 22, 2025, at 04:31 pm
PM #Modi witnesses soulful rendition of #vandemataram by Ethiopian singers in #Ethiopia Dec 22, 2025, at 04:30 pm
Moment Sydney Bondi beach shooter was disarmed by brave man in civilian clothes Dec 22, 2025, at 04:29 pm