Modi attends Yoga-Taichi event at Temple of Heaven

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended a Yoga-Taichi event at the Temple of Heaven in central Beijing accompanied by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

"Wonderful to see Indian students doing Taichi and Chinese students doing Yoga," the prime minister tweeted.

Modi congratulated Li for the conceptualisation of the unique event.

"The holistic health care that world needs can be fulfilled by Yoga."

The Temple of Heaven is a complex of religious buildings situated in central Beijing. The complex was visited by the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.