New Delhi, 21 June 2015 – The Philippine Embassy in New Delhi participated in the mass yoga demonstration at Rajpath, New Delhi on Sunday, 21 June 2015. The event, organized by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), was graced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi addressed the 35,000-strong crowd at the break of dawn, “We are not celebrating a day but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace and harmony.” After the speech, PM Modi surprised the participants by joining officials, diplomats, soldiers and students in the following yoga demonstration.
The day was observed in over 251 cities in 191 countries across the world.
President Aquino earlier sent a letter to Prime Minister Modi congratulating the Indian Government on the successful proclamation of the United Nations General Assembly declaring June 21st as the International Day of Yoga. This signals the high regard of the international community towards this practice concerning physical health and mental well-being.
