Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd June. Guinness World Records’ official adjudicator on Wednesday at the Intternational Day of Yoga event at the UN announced the Guinness World Records title attempt was for most nationalities in a Yoga lesson in New York, they had 135.
The special Yoga session led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the NN headquarters entered the Guinness Book of World Records for drawing the people of most nationalities performing Yoga together.
Michael Empric, official adjudicator, Guinness World Records said “Today, there was a Guinness World Records title attempt for most nationalities in a Yoga lesson. The mark to be was 140 nationalities. Today, in New York, at the UN, they had 135. It is a new Guinness world records title.”.
Mr. Modi said, “Yoga comes from India, it is a very old tradition. Yoga is free of copyrights, patents and royalty payments. Yoga is adaptable to your age, gender and fitness level. Yoga is portable and is truly universal.”
He added that last year, the entire world came together to support India’s proposal to celebrate 2023 as the ‘International Year of Millets’ and it was wonderful to see people, across nationalities, coming together again to mark Yoga Day.
“Let us use the power of Yoga not only to be healthy and happy but also to be kind to ourselves and to each other. Let us use the power of Yoga to build bridges of friendship, a peaceful world and a cleaner, greener and sustainable future. Let us join hands together to realise the goal of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’,” Modi added.
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