The Indian Embassy in Japan and Kuwait observed the 9th International Day of Yoga by organizing events in Tokyo and Kuwait City respectively on Wednesday.

The official Twitter account of the Embassy of India tweeted the video of people performing Yoga and chanting ‘Om’ in Tokyo.

“The sacred Om chants reverberate across Tokyo during the celebrations of the 9th International Day of Yoga #IDY2023 organised by Embassy of India Tokyo @ICCR_Japan

#ConnectingHimalayaswithMountFuji #YogaforVasudhaivaKutumbakam”, tweeted the Embassy of India.

Whereas, Kuwait also participated in the celebration of International Day of Yoga.

The official Twitter account of the Embassy of India in Kuwait tweeted a video of the people of performing Yoga. The event was also attended by yoga trainers, enthusiasts, members of diplomatic corps, people of Kuwait and members of Indian community.

“The 9th International Yoga Day celebrations were held at Indian Embassy in Kuwait on 21 June. The event was well-attended by yoga trainers and enthusiasts, members of diplomatic corps, friends from Kuwait and members of Indian community. #IDY2023@ANI, the tweet said.

On Tuesday, the Embassy of India in Muscat, in collaboration with Visit Oman, the national travel operator and a subsidiary of Omran Group jointly released a short video titled “Soulful Yoga-Serene Oman.” This groundbreaking initiative marks the first time that India and Oman are utilizing yoga as a medium to promote tourism and spread the message of yoga’s harmony to both Omani citizens and international tourists.

In Oman, which is India’s close maritime neighbour and a close strategic partner in the Gulf region, Yoga has become very popular in recent years. The seven lakh-strong Indian community in Oman played an important role in this endeavour.

The video was made in collaboration with the Government of Oman. The Embassy of India partnered with ‘Visit Oman’, a subsidiary of Oman’s Ministry of Tourism to produce this video. (NDTV)

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The High Commission of India together with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission, celebrate the 9th International Day of Yoga, by conducting a yoga event at the Port of Colombo on Wednesday (21). 

According to the Indian High Commission, the event was organised onboard and alongside the visiting Indian Naval Submarine Vagir, connecting Colombo to the Global Ocean Ring – a unique initiative of IDY 2023 wherein 19 Indian Navy ships were deployed the world over to commemorate Yoga Day.

 The High Commissioner of India, Gopal Baglay and senior officials from the Government of Sri Lanka including Gen Kamal Gunaratne (Retd), Secretary of Defence, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy and Rear Admiral PS De Silva, Commander Western Naval Area joined Sri Lanka Navy personnel, the crew of INS Vagir, and officials and staff of the High Commission for the programme. 

The High Commissioner in his remarks, underlined the transformative power of Yoga – a shared heritage of India and Sri Lanka. He noted that High Commission and SVCC had organised nearly 100 yoga events across the country over the last 50 days with the unstinted support and enthusiasm of the yoga institutions and enthusiasts in Sri Lanka. He emphasised that the visit of INS Vagir undertaken to commemorate IDY 2023 brought the message of goodwill, friendship and camaraderie to the shores of Sri Lanka.

The visit of INS Vagir was the first foreign port call of this recently commissioned indigenous Kalvari-class submarine of the Indian Navy. During its stay in Colombo from 19-22 June 2023, thousands of people including school children, scouts, guides, members of the NCC as well as officers from Sri Lanka Navy and their family members visited the submarine and had the rare opportunity to get onboard. 

As an outreach initiative, the crew of INS Vagir also interacted with Colombo-based school children and presented essential items for some of these schools. The visit fostered brotherhood and togetherness between the Navies of the two neighbours in line with India’s policy of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and vision of ‘Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)’. (NewsWire)

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