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Special Report 9th International Day of Yoga

Programmes in preparation for the 2023 International Day of Yoga

The Ministry of AYUSH is continually organising New experiments during
programmes in preparation for International International Yoga Day
Day of Yoga 2023, which is on June 21. On n In order to provide a comprehensive view of
March 13, the countdown to International Day International Day of Yoga, something new has been
of Yoga 2023 began with a three-day yoga added to each IDY event.
festival at New Delhi's Talkatora Stadium. n IDY was held for the first time on June 21st, 2015, in the
Following that, 75 days ago, a basic yoga year 2015. Two world records were set during this
session was held on the grounds of Dibrugarh event, and they are both listed in the Guinness Book
University in Assam, according to standard of World Records.
protocol. More than 15,000 yoga workers n A Yoga Ambassador Tour was organised on the 4th
participated in the 50-day countdown to
Yoga Day in collaboration with the Kerala Tourism
Yoga Day at the Yoga Festival on May 2 at Department, with 22 countries participating.
Bhavani Niketan Shiksha Samiti in Jaipur. The
n The yoga practise programmes organised in various
programme was also planned for the final 25
countries were broadcast live on DD India for 24 hours as
days before International Day of Yoga 2023.
the sun rose under the Global Yoga Ring in the year 2022.

for everyone. In the field of AYUSH,
for example, approximately 40,000
MSMEs, or small-scale industries, are
currently providing various products
and undertaking various initiatives in Yoga brings peace in a person's life by
India. These are extremely beneficial connecting the mind, body, and intellect;
to the local economy. Eight years ago, happiness in the family by connecting
the country's AYUSH industry was
worth only Rs 20,000 crore. While the the person with the family; and harmony
AYUSH industry is currently worth in society by making the family sensitive
approximately Rs 1.5 lakh crore, it will to society. Society becomes the thread of
need to expand further in the global unity for the nation, and such nations bring
market in the coming years. India
is prepared to fully exploit all of its peace and harmony to the world. Humanity
potential. Hundreds of thousands of flourishes and is nourished by fraternity.
new jobs will be created for the youth Yoga connects the individual, family, society,
as a result of this. country, world, and whole humanity.

The world recognised the
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
importance of our yoga
Another significant aspect of the
growing popularity of Ayurveda is
yoga tourism. Yoga is more than just 2014, while taking the initiative to get yoga recognised on the
exercise; it is a sense of being at one international stage, was that its importance would increase so
with oneself, the world, and nature. much in the era of the Covid epidemic that hardly anyone would
Yoga raises our awareness by causing have imagined. This is why India gave the world the power of
changes in our lifestyle. Narendra yoga, so during the Covid period, there would hardly be any
Modi's message on September 27, head of state in the world who would not have mentioned the

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