Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Yoga had become a ray of hope at a time when the entire world was battling the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to more than 4 million deaths and infected 178 million people.
Addressing the 7th annual International Yoga Day programme, PM Modi said, “Today, when the entire world is fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic, Yoga has become a ray of hope. For two years now, no public event has been organised in India or the world, but enthusiasm for Yoga has not gone down.”
This will help us in making the ‘One World, One Health’ motto successful, he said.
“At a time when the whole world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic, yoga remains a ray of hope,” Modi said.
The prime minister noted that there may not have been any major public events in countries around the world and in India for around a year and a half, but the enthusiasm for Yoga Day has not diminished.
For most of the countries of the world, Yoga Day is not their age-old cultural festival and in this difficult time, people could have forgotten about it and ignored it, but on the contrary, people’s enthusiasm for yoga has increased, he said.
“When the unseen coronavirus knocked on the doors of the world, no country was prepared for it in terms of resources, capability and mental state.
We all have seen that in such difficult times, yoga has become a great source of inner strength,” he said.
“The ‘Yoga For Wellness’ theme this year has encouraged people even more to perform yoga. I pray that every country, region, and people, stays healthy,” he said, adding that the pandemic has not dampened the enthusiasm for yoga worldwide.
The Prime Minister stressed on the need to reach yoga to every corner of the world and the need for fusion of modern technology and ancient scientific knowledge like yoga. Yoga will play a preventive and positive role in healthcare for masses, Modi said.
In December 2014, India introduced the draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly to mark June 21 as International Day of Yoga. It received widespread support, with 177 nations co-sponsoring the resolution.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Yoga had become a ray of hope at a time when the entire world was battling the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to more than 4 million deaths and infected 178 million people.
