Lucknow,

21 June (HS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that yoga is a unique gift of

Indian wisdom. By making yoga a medium of public welfare, India paved the way

for world welfare. This is the reason that today on the 11th International Yoga

Day, not only India but about 190 countries of the world are feeling proud by

associating with the heritage of Indian yoga. CM Yogi was addressing yoga

practitioners and trainees before practicing yoga at Gorakhnath temple on

Saturday morning on the 11th International Yoga Day. The Chief Minister

congratulated the people of the state on International Yoga Day.

In the program

organized at Mahant Digvijaynath Smriti Auditorium, he said that yoga is such a

mantra of the Rishi tradition of India which provides a healthy mind along with

a healthy body. Indian wisdom has explained the importance of yoga in detail

since ancient times and said, 'Sharirmadyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam'. (The body

itself is the means of following religion). CM Yogi said that the attainment of

all the four Purusharthas of human life, Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha is

possible only with a healthy body. A healthy body is the medium of worldly

progress and spiritual upliftment. Be it public welfare through earning money,

fulfillment of desires or the path to salvation, a healthy body is the medium

for all these. He said that yoga is the work of making the body a means of

following religion and achieving the four Purusharthas. Bharti made this yoga a

medium of public welfare and then paved the way for world welfare through it. The

Chief Minister said that today different dimensions of yoga are seen. Indian

wisdom made the world aware of the higher dimension of consciousness through

yoga. From personality development to revealing the mysteries of the universe,

the rich knowledge of yoga was presented as heritage in the Vedas, Upanishads,

Puranas, Smritis and scriptures.

CM

Yogi said that the credit for taking the ancient Indian tradition of yoga

forward in the modern era goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At a time when

outsiders started patenting yoga postures and India was being deprived of its

heritage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the initiative in the United

Nations and got yoga global recognition. It was due to the efforts of PM Modi

that International Yoga Day began to be celebrated from 21 June 2015. Today,

not only India, but 190 countries of the world are associated with Yoga Day.

Organizing International Yoga Day is an effort to express gratitude towards the

Rishi tradition of India and connect the coming generation with the heritage.

A

yogic body keeps diseases away: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that it is

possible to get relief from diseases through yoga. It has also been said,

'Neither tasya rogo nor jara nor mrityu: praptasya yogagrimayam shariram' (The

body toned by yoga practice becomes free from disease, old age and death). The

CM said that it was a good fortune for him to be associated with the yoga

program on the holy land of Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath on International Yoga Day

and expressed confidence that the enthusiasm of yoga will pave the way for

public welfare, social welfare and national welfare through a healthy body and

mind.

CM

listened to PM's speech and practiced yoga: On the 11th International Yoga Day,

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath watched and listened to the live address of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the program organized in the Mahant

Digvijaynath Smriti Auditorium of Gorakhnath Temple. After this, he practiced

various yoga asanas, pranayama, meditation with the yoga practitioners and

trainees present in the auditorium. Yoga is an essential and indispensable part

of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's regular routine. Along with Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath, many officials, yoga practitioners, trainees and general

public including Water Power Minister of the State Government Swatantradev

Singh, MP Ravi Kishan Shukla, Mayor Dr. Manglesh Srivastava, MLA Fateh Bahadur

Singh, Mahendrapal Singh, Vipin Singh, Pradeep Shukla practiced yoga at

Gorakhnath Temple. Apart from the auditorium of Mahant Digvijaynath Smriti

Bhawan, mass yoga practice programs were also organized outside the building

and in various parts of the temple complex.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi