International Day of Yoga: PM Modi Pays Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi At UN Headquarters

Ahead of Yoga Day event, people chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ at the UN Headquarters lawns in New York.

Written by Shivanshi Srivastava June 21, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM Modi celebrates International Day of Yoga at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. He paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and will perform group Yoga session in North lawn at the Yoga event, which will be led by him. U.N. General Assembly President Csaba Korösi, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, many other diplomats and U.N. officials are expected to attend the event.

#WATCH | PM #NarendraModi pays tribute to #MahatmaGandhi at UN Headquarters lawns in New York, ahead of the Yoga event here that will be led by him #9thInternationalYogaDay #PMModiInUSA #YogaDay #InternationalYogaDay pic.twitter.com/w5Gg7EHZNQ

— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 21, 2023

People chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’at UN

Ahead of Yoga Day event, people chanted Bharat Mata ki Jai at the UN Headquarters lawns in New York. Dignitaries like Richard Gere, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Digital evangelist Vala Afshar, award-winning storyteller Jay Shetty, Indian chef and restaurateur Vikas Khanna and Grammy award winner Ricky Kej will be attending the International Yoga Day Event.

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