Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu):
People practiced aqua yoga in Palk Sound in Rameswaram on the occasion of International Yoga Day Sunday.
Aqua yoga requires a person to perform the asanas in the water.
#WATCH Tamil Nadu: People practice “yoga asanas” in Palk Sound in Rameswaram on #InternationalYogaDay . pic.twitter.com/McXEjjC0eu
– ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2020
The 6th International Yoga Day is celebrated under the theme ” Yoga at home, Family yoga ”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech earlier today, said that yoga improves our quest for a healthier planet and goes beyond race, color, sex, faith and offspring.
The chief ministers of various states, several ministers of the Union, among others, have practiced yoga in their residences with their families, following the theme of the current year.
International Yoga Day was proposed by Prime Minister Modi in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 27, 2014. It is observed on June 21 of each year to raise awareness of the importance and of the effects of yoga on human health. The word “yoga” is derived from Sanskrit which means joining or uniting.
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