India's Modi leads Yoga Day celebration

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 22, 2024 12:07 am

SRINAGAR, India — India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi led hundreds of people performing yoga in the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir on Friday.

The exercises in Srinagar, capital of the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, marked the 10th international yoga day, Modi's own brainchild.

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