The 9 edition of International Day of Yoga 2023 was a great success as it was celebrated on much larger scale and witnessed new initiatives which were special for this year’s IDY. The main National event at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh saw enthusiastic participation of more than 15,000 peoples, who participated in the Common Yoga. Protocol (CYP) demonstration in presence of Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar Hon ble Governor of Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai Patel, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayush & Ministry of Ports Shipping & Waterways Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Union Minister of State for Ayush and Women & Child Development, Cabinet Ministers, MP of Madhya Pradesh, Kamlesh D. Patel, President.

Shri Ram Chandra Mission, ministers of Government of MP and officials of Ministry of Ayush were also present.

Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar in his address said that it is a matter of great satisfaction that cue to the efforts of our Prime Minister, Yoga has now become a global festival Yoga is not only for any individual, but for the whole of humanity Yoga has also taken an economic form and has positively impacts it. Our trained Yoga teachers are working all over the world and the demand for Yoga teachers is increasing Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the nation through a video message and said he is currently souring the United States of America due to various commitments, unike previous occasions of Yoga Day when he was present at every edition of International Day of Yoga celebrations However, this year he will lead an IDY event at UN headquarters in New York

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi added that One acquires health, vigour and strength through Yoga and those who have been regularly involved in this practice over the years have fait its energy. The importance of good health at the individual as well as the family loval, is very important Yoga creates a healthy and powerful society where the collective energy is much more. Campaigns like Swachh Bharat and Startup India that have helped in building a self- reliant nation and restoring the cultural identity of the country and the country and its youth have contributed a lot to this energy. Today the minds of the country have changed leading to a change in people and their live

The highlight of 9 International Day of Yoga was unique concepts of creation of Ocean Ring of Yoga, which was envisaged as a coordinated yoga demonstration in which Indian naval ships stationed at different ports around the world and countries with which india has mantime cooperation and merchant shipping agreements participated in the CYP cemonstration

Nearly 3500 naval personnel onboard 19 Indian Naval ships travelled over 35.000 Km as ambassadors of Yoga in both national and international waters. This includes over 2400 personnel on 11 IN ships at foreign ports/international waters Notably, IDY was celebrated anboard ships of several foreign Navies in concert with our overseas Missions, involving over 1200 foreign Navy personnel