International Yoga Day - June 21, 2020 - It's Origin and Importance
As we all are aware of the fact that International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21st every year. But do you know that the idea of celebrating the International Day of Yoga worldwide was proposed by India’s current Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi? He proposed this idea of celebrating a day dedicated to yoga, its benefits, and the hardworking yogis during his speech at the UN General Assembly on 27th September 2014. After that on 14th October 2014, the UN general assembly draft a resolution entitles “International Day of Yoga“. The proposal of celebrating the day of yoga was approved by 177 countries out of 193 members. The International Day of Yoga is truly a gift to the world of yogis from India. Also in the year 2015, a 10 rupees coin that symbolizes International Yoga Day was issued by the Reserve Bank of India. On June 21st, 2015, the world observed the first International Day of Yoga that helps in putting the benefits and needs of Yoga in front of the whole world. In India ...