Modi thanks Sirisena for helping promote Yoga

21 Jun, 2019

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked President Maithripala Sirisena for helping promote Yoga.

President Sirisena today released a video where he is seen doing Yoga and speaking on the importance of Yoga.

Modi later tweeted saying “Thank you President @MaithripalaS for your support towards making Yoga more popular.?Also glad to see you share your own experience of practising Yoga”.

Today is International Yoga Day and related events were held in India.

The main International Yoga Day event in Sri Lanka was held last Saturday. (Colombo Gazette)

I compliment my friend @narendramodi for his efforts at bringing our common heritage of Yoga to the international stage. I urge all to practice yoga like me. pic.twitter.com/jHPWd9NDAe

? Maithripala Sirisena (@MaithripalaS) June 21, 2019

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