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Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in the main program of the 12th International Yoga Day organized at Red Road, Kolkata on Sunday (21 June 2026) morning. Addressing the nation, Prime Minister Modi said that the entire world and the entire country seem to be connected to each other and this is the power of yoga. Yoga connects everyone. Prime Minister Modi said in his address that this day of 21st June is the longest day of the year in some parts of the earth and due to International Yoga Day, this day of 21st June has become the day of biggest mass celebration in the world.
Praising the people of Kolkata, PM Modi said that ‘Welcome with cleanliness’ is a good initiative. The way labor has been done in Kolkata for this, the civic duty has been performed, has become a great inspiration for all the countrymen. While wishing the entire human community on International Yoga Day, PM Modi said, wonderful pictures are coming one after the other from different parts of the world. In India, from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean, from Bengal in the North-East and East to Saurashtra in the West, the entire country seems to be filled with the energy of Yoga. The whole world and the whole country seem to be connected to each other and this is the power of yoga. Yoga connects everyone
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Modi remembered the great personalities of West Bengal
PM Modi remembered the great personalities of West Bengal during the program. He said, it is very special to be in Bengal today on the occasion of Yoga Day. This holy land of Bengal, where accomplished saints like Lord Ramakrishna Paramahansa incarnated, from where Swami Vivekananda introduced Yoga to the whole world, where great yogis like Maharishi Aurobindo were born, where great yogis like Lahiri Mahasaya took the yoga tradition to new heights, today the experience of collective yoga on the same land is giving a different spiritual experience. On this occasion, PM Modi also remembered Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore. He said, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, born on the land of Bengal, believed that the identity of man does not lie in living separately, but in connecting with the world around him. This connection is the basic idea of yoga.
What did the PM say about Maharishi Aurobindo?
PM Modi also repeated the words of Maharishi Arvind. PM Modi said, Maharishi Arvind also used to say that our entire life is yoga, whether we are aware of it or not. When yoga comes into nature, it becomes the basis of human unity. Yoga is not just a means of physical exertion, yoga is not limited to just one age group. Yoga is a light of human life, along with consciousness, along with energy. PM Modi said that when we talk about ‘Yoga for healthy old age’, it means that we try to ensure that increasing age does not limit human potential. Yoga can inspire human life towards continuous development and self-improvement. He said, our aim should be that at the age of 40 we should be more flexible than at the age of 20. Our goal should be that at the age of 50 we are more energetic than at the age of 30. Our goal should be that at the age of 70 we have more immunity to lifestyle diseases than we did at the age of 50. This is the area where yoga can help us.
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