VISHAKHAPATNAM: The country is emerging as a global hub for wellness under the mantra of ‘Heal in India’, with yoga playing a leading role in that effort, PM Narendra Modi said Saturday while addressing a record-breaking gathering of 3,02,087 yoga practitioners along Visakhapatnam’s beachfront.

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Modi highlighted yoga’s global rise and its integration into modern medicine. “AIIMS-Delhi has shown yoga’s impact on cardiac and neurological disorders, women’s health, and mental well-being,” he said, adding that premier medical institutions are now supporting evidence-based yoga therapies.

He recalled India’s proposal to UN to mark June 21 as

, backed by 175 countries. “This rare global consensus was not just support for a proposal – it was a collective effort for humanity,” he said.

“After 11 years, yoga is now part of daily life for millions worldwide.”

Modi said this year’s theme, Yoga for One Earth, One Health, reflects how human well-being is intertwined with environmental health. “Yoga awakens us to this interconnectedness and guides us toward unity with the world,” he said.

The PM cited examples of yoga’s universal appeal – from astronauts practicing it in space to sailors performing asanas aboard Navy ships, and visually impaired people reading yoga texts in Braille. “Whether at Sydney Opera House, the summit of Everest, or in the vast ocean, the message is the same – yoga belongs to everyone,” he said.

He said yoga is both personal and collective. “It transforms our journey from ‘Me’ to ‘We’,” he said. “In times of global unrest, yoga acts as a pause button, helping humanity breathe, restore balance, and become whole again.”