Empowering Through Movement: Yoga Unites Abilities
An International Yoga Day event saw over 3,000 persons with disabilities showcase their yoga skills. Organized by NIEPID, the event highlighted the empowering role of yoga in promoting peace and unity globally, emphasized by Union Minister Virendra Kumar, and celebrated participants' extraordinary efforts.
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In a remarkable celebration of International Yoga Day, over 3,000 individuals with disabilities gathered to showcase their yoga skills at a special event.
The event, orchestrated by the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), highlighted participants from 21 different categories, demonstrating yoga's inclusive power.
Union Minister Virendra Kumar praised the participants and emphasized the global role of yoga in fostering peace, following the UN's 2014 declaration recognizing June 21 as International Yoga Day.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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