Let's make International Yoga Day memorable: PM Modi

The upcoming 3rd International Yoga Day should be made a memorable one, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, while underlining that it is an apt way of contributing to the world peace.

He said yoga should be made a part of daily routine by the people to have tension-free lives. In a message ahead of the Yoga Day on June 21, Modi said yoga inter-connects the world like various parts of a body.

"On 21st June, the world will come together to mark the 3rd #YogaDay. Let us all make this occasion a memorable one," he tweeted. "Yoga is integrating the world. Come, become a yogi in the movement to make Yoga popular & create a better & healthier society," he said in another tweet.

On 21st June, the world will come together to mark the 3rd #YogaDay. Let us all make this occasion a memorable one.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2017

Let us begin with a prayer, which is always suggested before practising Yoga. #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/kSxFs8XqK0

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2017

Yoga is integrating the world. Come, become a Yogi in the movement to make Yoga popular & create a better & healthier society. #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/eWvA4MLaFF

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2017

In a video message posted along with the tweets, the prime minister said the people around the world want to live a life free of tensions, troubles and ailments.

"People want to live a happy life and this can be possible only through yoga," he said. Yoga can make it possible for a person to have a balanced lifestyle mentally and physically, he said.

"Yoga can arouse the inner conscience of a person," Modi said.

He asked all yoga practioners to take a pledge to teach it to the maximum number of people so as to contribute to the world peace.