By Our Special Correspondent
Celebrated on June 21, International Yoga Day celebrates the physical and spiritual prowess that yoga has brought to the world stage. It is an important source of exercise and healthy activity but is joined and practiced by millions on a daily basis. For many, these routines are a way to connect body, mind and soul as they have been for centuries.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, people around the world are getting ready to pull out their yoga mats and start exercising, but they may not know that yoga is centuries old.
Yoga is considered to be the oldest practice in India that originated 5,000 years ago. Yoga has been developed as a way to connect the mind, body and soul to step closer to enlightenment.
The idea of ​​International Yoga Day was first proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014, where Indian Ambassador Ashok Kumar Mukherjee introduced the resolution to celebrate June 21 as International Yoga Day.
June 21st is chosen as the summer solstice, the day when the sun is highest on every other day of the year. Overall, it received support from 177 countries, with the largest number of co-sponsors of any UN resolution declaring June 21 as International Yoga Day.
On June 21, 2015, nearly 36,000 people, including Prime Minister Modi, and many other political dignitaries from around the world performed 21 asanas (yoga poses) for 35 minutes in New Delhi on the occasion of the first International Yoga Day. , And has been celebrated around the world ever since.
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