Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude to the people of China who turned up in large numbers yesterday to participate in the International Day of Yoga celebrations. Mr Modi posted this on Chinese microblog Weibo, which is akin to Twitter. Mr Modi has thousands of followers in his Weibo post, opened ahead of his visit to China last year. Over the years, yoga has become immensely popular in China. Indian Embassy and Consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou in association with local yoga centres organised scores of events in number of cities yesterday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude to the people of China who turned up in large numbers yesterday to participate in the International Day of Yoga celebrations. Mr Modi posted this on Chinese microblog Weibo, which is akin to Twitter. Mr Modi has thousands of followers in his Weibo post, opened ahead of his visit to China last year. Over the years, yoga has become immensely popular in China. Indian Embassy and Consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou in association with local yoga centres organised scores of events in number of cities yesterday.