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Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K T Parnaik (Retd) on Wednesday appealed to the people of the state to practice yoga regularly for a healthier lifestyle.

Participating in the International Yoga Day at Raj Bhavan here, he said yoga helps in improving physical strength and confidence and also has a positive and calming effect on the practitioners.

"Yoga has remedies for every illness. Yoga brings peace of mind, inculcates self-discipline and ensures physical and mental wellness," the governor said.

Indian Army personnel perform underwater Yoga in Thiruvananthapuram to mark the 9th International Yoga Day.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel joined the state-level 'International Day of Yoga' celebration in Dumas area of Surat.

In all, 12.5 million people took part in the Yoga Day celebration at 72,000 venues in the state, Patel said in his address before the commencement of the Yoga Day session.

Along with International Yoga Day celebrations in India and all across the world, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir held its own events. Students in schools, colleges and universities were seen performing Yoga across the Valley. Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha participated in Yoga Day celebrations at the famous Botanical Garden in Srinagar. 

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Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to lead a yoga session in a historic celebration to commemorate the 9th International Day of Yoga at the UN Headquarters that will saw participation from top UN officials, envoys from across and the world and prominent individuals.

Speaking on the sidelines of an event held at Noida Indoor Stadium where she performed yoga this morning, the Minister said, "This is a moment of pride for all Indians on the occasion of International Yoga Day as our 'pradhan sevak' (prime servant) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading India's heritage and development through the practice of Yoga at UN Headquarters today."

Canine member of the dog unit of ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) along with ITBP personnel performs Yoga at Pranu Camp in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

Not just our Jawans but our canine squad also practices Yoga. Canine squad has to work under pressure, we use them for law and order duty so we make them practice Yoga, says Gourav Shav, Deputy Commandant, 15th ITBP

Chief of Indian Army Staff General Manoj Pande performs Yoga on 9th International YogaDay.

This year\s Yoga Day them will be 'Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' i.e. Yoga for the welfare of all in the form of 'One World-One Family'. It emphasises the spirit of Yoga, which unites and takes everyone along. Like every time, this time too programs related to yoga will be organised in every corner of the country.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya performs Yoga in New Delhi on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2023

The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd (TRIFED) is collaboratiion with Ministry of Ayush has supplied 34,000 yoga mats that was procured exclusively from tribal artisans across the country. These will bear the distinct designs and motifs representative of their respective communities. 

Indian Army personnel perform Yoga in Sikkim to mark the 9th International Yoga Day.

Indian Army personnel performs Yoga at Pangong Tso, near Ladakh, to mark the 9th International Yoga Day.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will join Indian Navy personnel aboard the INS Vikrant, an indigenous aircraft carrier, to perform yoga. The event will be attended by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar, President of Naval Welfare and Wellness Association Kala Hari Kumar, and other senior officers from the Indian Navy and Ministry of Defence. Armed forces personnel, including Agniveers, will partake in the session, promoting unity and well-being.

We've always nurtured traditions that unite, celebrated diversity; through yoga, we have to end contradictions: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a unique yoga session on Wednesday in a historic celebration to commemorate the 9th International Day of Yoga at the UN Headquarters here that will see participation from top UN officials, envoys from across and the world and prominent individuals.

In a video message on the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Modi said Indians have welcomed new ideas and conserved them and celebrated the country's rich diversity.

“Yoga strengthens such feelings, expands the inner vision, and connects us with that consciousness which makes us feel the unity of the living being giving a basis of love for the living being,” he  said.

"We have to eliminate our contradictions, blockages and resistances through Yoga. We have to present the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ as an example to the world,” Modi said.

Modi said the International Day of Yoga was special this year as researchers at India's research stations in the Arctic and Antarctica too were participating in the celebrations.

Crores of people across the world doing Yoga with theme of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (world is one family)': PM Modi

Yoga has become global movement through International Day of Yoga: PM Modi in video message

“Yoga has become a global spirit,” says PM Modi in his message on International Yoga Day.