Yoga has become a source of India’s soft power, with the government making a massive push to popularise this centuries-old practice.
He will be leading International Yoga Day celebrations at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York, before heading to Washington DC for talks.
Carnegie India associate fellow Konark Bhandari said the country is promoting itself as a global power that is non-confrontational. “Today, yoga is becoming an established practice worldwide. It is an ancient Indian practice through which we learn how to control our body, mind and emotions. Today, a lot of people in the world are practising it,” said yoga instructor CS Sudhir Jain.
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