With UN designating June 21 as the International Yoga Day, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said that while credit goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for championing the initiative leading to the declaration, one must not forget the contribution made by sages and seers to the discipline.
“No prime minister (before Modi) talked about yoga on the global stage. It was Modi ji who ran the campaign for an International Yoga Day and garnered support of 177 countries. This is the first time that a proposal in the UN received the support of 177 countries with not even a single country opposing it.
“Modi ji and his government are completely given credit for this but, socially and spiritually, there are several great men (‘mahapurush’) who worked hard for yoga education and they should also be recognised,” Ramdev told reporters here.
Less than three months after Modi mooted the proposal, the UN General Assembly has adopted an India-led resolution for declaring June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’ as it recognised that “Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being”.
Asked about the idea of introducing yoga education in schools, Ramdev said Modi had discussed the same with him before he had become prime minister even as he added that he was committed to spreading yoga in the fields of education, health, etc.
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