Lucknow/Gorakhpur, June 22 -- : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath participated in a mass yoga session at Mahant Digvijay Nath Smriti Bhavan of the Gorakhnath temple complex in Gorakhpur on Saturday, marking the 11th International Yoga Day which has the theme 'Yoga for one earth, one health'.

Emphasising yoga's strong connection to Indian heritage, he said, "Yoga is a mantra from India's Rishi tradition that provides us with not only a healthy body but also a healthy mind."

Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly speaker Satish Mahana attended a yoga session at Green Park in Kanpur.

For his part, the chief minister expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for securing global recognition for yoga. "At a time when other countries were ...