Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in a yoga session in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday to lead the celebrations for International Day of Yoga. In his address to the nation, PM Modi said that “Yoga has united the world and it is for everyone, beyond boundaries, beyond backgrounds, beyond age or ability.”

Taking forward PM Modi’s vision, Hon’ble Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Smt Raksha Nikhil Khadse performed varied yoga exercises including surya namaskar on Saturday along with 3000-plus yoga enthusiasts in her home constituency Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The vibrant city of Bhusawal united in harmony and wellness to celebrate the 11th International Day of Yoga 2025, embracing the theme: “Yoga for One Earth, One Health.”

Hon’ble MoS was joined by Maharashtra State Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan, Textiles Minister Sanjay Savkare, Divisional Railway Manager Smt. Iti Pandey, Jalgaon District Collector Ayush Prasad, Regional Director of SAI Regional Centre Mumbai Pandurang Chate (IRS) and Zilla Parishad CEO Smt. Minal Karanwal.

“Today, as we celebrate International Day of Yoga, it gives me as a citizen immense pleasure that yoga has been embraced by more than 180 countries, thanks to the vision of our Hon’ble PM Modi ji. Sports Ministry and Sports Authority of India (SAI) are also celebrating Ministry of Ayush’s Yoga Sangam to make it a way of life for everyone. Yoga is about both physical and mental well-being and I will urge every Indian citizen to embrace yoga and proritise health and fitness,” Smt Raksha Nikhil Khadse said.

Supporting Yoga Sangam’s theme of ‘one earth, one health’, SAI is organising the Yoga Sangam across all its centres including 12 Regional Centres, 24 National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs), 1000-plus Khelo India Centres (KICs), 34 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCEs) and 69 SAI Training Centres.

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Manish Gautam/Divyanshu Kumar/Anjelina Alexander

Jalgaon Press Release