Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after retaining the power as prime minister of India for third consecutive term has hit global headlines for leading the International Day of Yoga 2024 at a major yoga event being organised at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on June 21. The number of participants is going beyond 50000 as 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir are being virtually connected where over a gathering of at least 2000 participants from each district is expected to join the Yoga session with the prime minister. The theme for 2024 is “Yoga for self and society” and is 10 in the series after launched as a global event nine years back.
” Last year, the Prime Minister Modi led the International Yoga Day celebrations at the UN Headquarters in New York on June 21, Diplomats, academicians, entrepreneurs, leaders, artists, key cultural figures and others from different walks of life from 180 countries had joined the celebrations. Remarkably, Modi after being elected as the Prime Minister of India in 2014, in his maiden address at the UN General Assembly described Yoga – the ancient Indian tradition – as an invaluable gift to humankind and called for adoption of an International Day of Yoga. And, the call got a spontaneous response from the world.
It’s worth mentioning that proclamation of June 21 as the International Yoga Day that too in his first year in office is one of the landmark achievements of the Modi government. Originating in In.
