Yogi Adityanath leads yoga day event in Lucknow

Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led the International Yoga Day event along with ministers, officials and others at the Raj Bhawan, here on Friday.
अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस का उद्देश्य भारतीय संस्कृति की अमूल्य धरोहर योग के असंख्य लाभों के विषय में संसार में जागरूकता फैलाना है।
आज अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस के अवसर पर राजभवन,लखनऊ में आयोजित सामूहिक योगाभ्यास कार्यक्रम में माननीय राज्यपाल आदरणीय श्री राम नाईक जी के साथ।#YogaDay2019 pic.twitter.com/HY0cwzBleW— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) June 21, 2019
Adityanath said: “We are carrying forward the tradition set up seers and saints for whom Yoga was a part of life. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken Yoga to a global platform and I express my gratitude to him for this. Yoga is the best way to keep illness at bay.”
He later performed yoga at Raj Bhawan along with other participants.
In Lucknow alone, yoga camps were organised at 11 places, under the guidance of yoga trainers.
In Saharanpur, Army jawans performed yoga on horseback which became a major attraction. All ministers and legislators led yoga camps in their respective constituencies on Friday.
–IANS
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