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Modi Urges All Indians To Take Part In Yoga Day Programmes

Darpan News Desk IANS, 20 Jun, 2015 12:58 PM
  • Modi Urges All Indians To Take Part In Yoga Day Programmes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all Indians to be part of the first International Yoga Day programmes on Sunday.
 
"Tomorrow (Sunday) the world will celebrate the first Yoga Day. I urge you all to be a part of it and inspire others to join as well," he said in a statement here.
 
The national capital is all set to observe the International Yoga Day with all necessary arrangements in place at Rajpath for about 40,000 people, who will perform various yoga 'asanas' under the guidance of trained instructors.
 
Massive security arrangements have been made by Delhi Police and other security agencies.

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