Speaking on the benefits of yoga, Modi said the importance of wellness is more than being healthy and yoga is an easy way to acquire this wellness. Nearly 5,000 yoga enthusiasts from the Muslim Rashtriya Manch - the Muslim wing of RSS - participated in yoga day activities throughout the state. Apart from this, close to five dozen Muslim men and women performed various Yoga asanas in Sambhal today. The Samajwadi Party celebrated the International Day of Yoga day by undertaking cycle yatras across the state. "The farmers got motivated after seeing PM Narendra Modi perforing various yoga asanas," yoga event organiser Janki Sharan Pandey said.

Source: India Today June 21, 2017 10:30 UTC