Yoga is holistic approach to well-being: President

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that on the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United Nations had declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day. 

Yoga is an ancient Indian practice, which is very useful for curing many diseases and health disorders, he added. 

"It is a holistic approach to physical and mental health and well-being," the President said.

He welcomed all participants to the mass yoga demonstration and urged them to practice yoga everyday as a "fit mind and fit body is the abode of God", a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.

Senior officials, staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan and their family members, as well as residents of the President's Estate, participated in large numbers in the mass yoga event.