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PM Modi calls for family snaps during Yoga Day celebrations
The PM urged people to spread awareness about the coming yoga event. "We are still left with about three weeks for the International Yoga Day. Start practicing from today itself. From June 1, I will post something or the other about yoga on Twitter and continue to do so till June 21. I will share with you. You too
New Delhi: Inspired with the success of 'Selfie With Daughter' initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now pitched for yogaday celebration. He has appealed to families to post pictures of their three generations performing the exercises together on the third International Yoga Day on June 21.
PM Modi has asked the countrymen to upload the pictures on 'Narendra Modi App' or 'MyGov' to give the occasion a new dimension.
"Grandparents, parents and children should together perform yoga and also upload their photos. It will be such a pleasant blend of yesterday, today and tomorrow -- lending a new dimension to yoga," Modi said in his 'Mann ki Baat' radio address furthr adding that the pictures will be a guarantee of a brighter tomorrow.
The Prime Minister said that the idea of posting the pictures was given by a common man and also expressed his gratitude to the person who sent him the suggestion.
"I feel that as our ‘Selfie with Daughter' campaign proved to be a very inspiring experience, this campaign of posting pictures of three generations performing yoga together will evoke curiosity across the nation as well as the world."
The PM urged people to spread awareness about the coming yoga event. "We are still left with about three weeks for the International Yoga Day. Start practicing from today itself. From June 1, I will post something or the other about yoga on Twitter and continue to do so till June 21. I will share with you. You too kindly spread the message of yoga and connect people with it," he said.
Stating it as a movement for preventive healthcare in its own way, PM Modi has invited people to connect with the occasion. He satted, "in a very short time, the festival got worldwide recognition as the World Yoga Day and is connecting people."
The PM has also sent letters to all governments and all world leaders about the Yoga Day two days ago. Remembering his last year's announcements on yoga competitions and awards, he said: "we shall gradually advance in that direction."
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