NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 21
Yoga is the best inexpensive medicine and it will help us to prevent the diseases like as high blood pressure and diabetes, caused due to our sedentary lifestyle changes says Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Dairy Development & Information and Broadcasting Dr L Murugan.
He was addressing the participants, on the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga 2022, in Puducherry.
சர்வதேச யோகா தினமான இன்று புதுச்சேரியில் நடைபெற்ற யோகாசன சிறப்பு நிகழ்வில் துணை நிலை ஆளுநர் திருமதி.@DrTamilisaiGuv அவர்கள், அமைச்சர், சபாநாயகர் மற்றும் திரளான மக்களுடன் இணைந்து பங்கேற்ற போது…!#YogaForHumanity #InternationalDayofYoga #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/mH462SIYH9
— Dr.L.Murugan (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@Murugan_MoS) June 21, 2022
He asserted that with the great effort from Prime Minister Narendra Modi the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day. With this Prime Minister has made the world celebrate the wonderful art that has emerged in our Nation.
In today’s mechanical life, Yoga will help us to have focused minds. It acts as an exercise and medicine and helps us to achieve peaceful life, he added. Minister urged everyone to inculcate the yoga as part of the day to day life routine.
During the event, Minister has performed yoga along with Lt Governor of Puducherry, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, senior government officials and public.
Congratulate the recipients of PM award for outstanding contribution & promotion of #yoga.
Hearty Wishes to Bhikku Sanghesena from Ladakh’s Leh and Marcus Vinicius Rojo from Rodrigues, Brazil &
Divine Life Society from Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh &
British Wheel of Yoga from UK.— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (மோடியின் குடும்பம் ) (@DrTamilisai4BJP) June 21, 2022
She was addressing the 8th International Yoga Day Celebration at Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu.
தஞ்சாவூர் பிரகதீஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் நடைபெற்ற யோகா தின கொண்டாட்டம்..
பறவை பார்வையில் 👇#YogaForHumanity #YogaDay @PMOIndia @narendramodi @Annapurna4BJP @EduMinOfIndia @PIBHRD @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnews_Chennai @DDNewsChennai @ROBCHENNAI_MIB @cutn_official pic.twitter.com/tF6aq6JLBc
— PIB in Tamil Nadu (@pibchennai) June 21, 2022
She said that Yoga which unites the people of our country will be an inspiration and motivation to unite people from different parts of the world. She expressed her joy to join the large number of students and public to perform yoga at the culturally rich heritage site.
Some consider yoga to be an exercise, but yoga is beyond that. Yoga helps us to clear the distractions & delusions and brings clarity to the mind, the minister said. She also said that yoga helps us to perform our duties, intellectually and efficiently.
On behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took the initiative to celebrate International Yoga Day, Minister Annapurna Devi extended wishers to all those involved in yoga practice on Tuesday. She also pointed out that yoga, which expresses ancient culture of our country is practiced all over the world today, is a pride to our nation.
Minister has performed yoga along with the Vice Chancellor, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Prof M Krishnan, Dr M Loganathan, Director, NIFTEM, Thanjavur, S Sridharan,Yogacharyar, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, Dr Ramakrishna Reddy, Superintendant Archeologist, ASI and others.
