Prime Minister expresses joy on UN declaring 21st June as 'International Day of Yoga'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the United Nations decision of declaring 21st June as the 'International Day of Yoga', that was formally proposed by him when he visited New York for this year's United Nations General Aseebmly.

"Elated! Have no words to describe my joy on the UN declaring 21st June as 'International Day of Yoga.' I fully welcome the decision," tweeted Prime Minister Modi.

"I profusely thank all 177 Nations across the world who co-sponsored the resolution to declare 21st June as 'International Day of Yoga'," he said in another tweet.

"Countless people across the world made Yoga an integral part of their lives. Congrats to them! This will inspire many more people towards Yoga," he said in a following tweet.

"Yoga has the power to bring the entire humankind together! It beautifully combines Gyan (knowledge), Karm (work) and Bhakti (devotion)," he said in a series of tweets.

Prime Minister Modi also shared a link of his speech from 2013 in which he talked about various aspects of Yoga and its uniqueness. The Speech can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxVHm0jHUykandfeature=youtube_gdata.

The main significance of the UN declaring an International Day is to focus the attention of the international community on the topic of the day, and to encourage activities among the member states of the United Nations to commemorate the day.