Bratislava, June 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Slovakia's President Peter Pellegrini on Monday watched a special session of Yoga at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava. This comes amidst the backdrop of the upcoming International Day of Yoga on June 21.

The United Nations proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of Yoga on December 11, 2014, following the proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address at the opening of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2014.

This ushered in an era of holistic health revolution, in which attention was given to prevention rather than cure. Since its first edition in 2015, India has led the celebration globally under the aegis of the Ministr...