Prime Minister Narendra Modi today joined over 30,000 people in Chandigarh for the second International Yoga Day celebrations as he pitched for treating diseases like diabetes through the ancient spiritual discipline.
Modi, dressed in a white-coloured t-shirt and trouser along with a scarf, led over 30,000 participants, including defence forces personnel and school children, for the second International Day of Yoga celebrations at the Capitol Complex amid tight security.
PM Narendra Modi also interacted with the Divyang (differently-abled) people while walking through the crowd.
The Prime Minister, who arrived in Chandigarh last night, participated in a mass demonstration of ‘Common Yoga Protocol’. A yoga enthusiast himself, he performed yoga ‘asanas’ along with the people at the event.
Over 30,000 people from all ages — 10,000 each from Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana — performed yoga ‘asanas’ on pink and blue coloured mats during the event. Separately, about 10,000 people also performed yoga at over 100 other locations in Chandigarh itself.