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Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes in leading from the front. On the second International Yoga Day, he led a crowd of over 30,000 people at Capitol Complex in Chandigarh.
Modi, dressed in a white-coloured T-shirt and trousers along with a scarf, did the yoga asanas with ease, as he is a regular practitioner of the ancient form of exercise.
Rediff.com takes you through to NaMo’s yoga class.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi does the Saral Bhujangasana or the easy cobra pose.
PM is sitting in Vajrasana, (thunderbolt pose) while the rest are sitting in Padmasana. Yoga sessions usually begin and end with Sanskrit hymns.
NaMo practises the Titli asana or the butterfly pose.
The PM shows the way in the Trikonasana (triangle pose).
Isn’t he flexible? Modi shows he’s bendy as he does the Anuvittasana (standing back bend).
The PM does the Dwipada uttanapadasana (the double leg raise pose).
The PM does the Shavasana (corpse pose).
Photographs: Press Information Bureau, Reuters