Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Yoga is no longer a part of life. It’s becoming a way of life. He participated in a International Yoga Day celebrations on Tuesday from the Iconic Mysuru Palace in Karnataka. The main event of the eighth International Yoga Day began at the Mysuru Palace premises in Karnataka, with thousands of people who joined him.

Since 2015, the International Day of Yoga is celebrated worldwide on 21st June every year. The theme for this year’s Yoga day is Yoga for Humanity.

PM @narendramodi participates in a mass yoga demonstration in Mysore during the 8th #InternationalYogaDay celebration. @moayush @PIB_India @PMOIndia#YogaForHumanity#GuardianRingForYoga pic.twitter.com/8ZR0xvlc5Y

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Speaking on the occasion he said that Yoga brings peace to our nation and the world, Yoga is today forming the basis of international cooperation. Modi said that this whole universe starts from our own body and soul.

Watch the 8th #InternationalYogaDay celebration from Mysore, Bengaluru.

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The universe starts from us. And yoga makes us conscious of everything within us and builds a sense of awareness. Millions of people with inner peace will create an environment of global peace. That is how yoga can connect the people and countries, and how yoga can become a problem solver for all of us, he added.

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Mysuru Royal scion Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Rajmata Pramoda Devi, were among those present.