On Sunday when thousands of people will flock to Rajpath in Dehi to observe the International Day of Yoga, a yoga guru from Ramakrishna Mission will be among Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guest.
Swami Atmapriyananda, the Vice-Chancellor of the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University has been invited by the Modi government. “The yoga demonstration at Rajpath is expect to start at 6.45 a.m. I have been invited as a Yoga Guru but I am going there as a humble representative of Ramakrishna Mission,” Swami Atmapriyananda told The Hindu .
Swami Atmapriyananda said Mr. Modi was helping realise Swami Vivekananda’s message of introducing yoga to the whole world. “Swami Vivekananda had said that India will be ‘jagat guru’ or world leader in terms of philosophy, spirituality and meditation,” he said. Meanwhile in Kolkata, Union IT & Communication Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad would attend the International Day of Yoga event in Salt Lake.
Published - June 21, 2015 02:15 am IST
