The UN headquarters has lighten up itself with the word ‘Yoga’ in remembrance of the 3rd International Yoga Day. Well known Indian actor Anupam Kher has turned on the illumination lights. “Yoga lights up @UN…Here’s a sneak peek of the iconic UN Headquarters building being lit up like never before for International Day of Yoga,” tweeted Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador and also Kher has tweeted about the event.
It is consecutively second year that the UN headquarters in New York has specially illuminated itself on the occasion of International Yoga Day. Number of events have been planned by the India’s Permanent Mission to UN and also the Indian Consulate in order to mark the day.
The Permanent Mission of India will organize a ‘Yoga Session with Yoga Masters’ at the UN headquarters on 20th June which will be led by Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan shram, India and Swami Sivadasananda of Sivananda Yoga Retreat, Austria.
Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary general Maria Luiza Ribeiro and also the President of General Assembly Ambassador Peter Thomson are the special guests for the event.
Great honour to illuminate the #UnitedNation building, NY in preparation of #InternationalDayofYoga. Thank you @AkbaruddinIndia Sir.@UN pic.twitter.com/eNu2QJAJoh
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) June 19, 2017
On 21st June, the mission will organize ‘Conversation on Yoga for Health’ at the UN in association with the Department of Public Information and World Health Organisation.
Speakers at the event will include Kher, the World Health Organisation Executive Director Nata Menabde, Swami Chidanand Saraswati and also Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, the former NFL athlete turned yogi Keith Mitchell, the Bluechip Marketing Worldwide CEO Stanton Kawer and Swami Sivadasananda.
This year, United Nations will also issue the special stamps remembering the Yoga Day.
The UN postal agency, UN Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue the new special event sheet to remember the Yoga Day which has been marked annually since the year 2015.
The special sheet consists of stamps with the images of sacred Indian sound ‘Om’ and also various asanas in yoga.
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