Swami Sivananda, a 125-year-old yoga guru in India was conferred the Padma Shri award on Monday (March 21) by the country's President Ram Nath Kovind. Sivananda received a standing ovation as he walked bare feet in the palatial Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan to collect the prestigious award.

Watch: Swami Sivananda, a 125-year-old yoga guru receives Padma Shri; PM Modi's reaction is unmissable

"Yoga is Indian and we as Indians must embrace it. There is no mention of its being wrong for us Muslims to follow it", says national spokesperson of Muslim Rashtriya Manch

Secular Muslims celebrate International Yoga Day

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Watch: Swami Sivananda, a 125-year-old yoga guru receives Padma Shri; PM Modi's reaction is unmissable

Secular Muslims celebrate International Yoga Day