Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during a visit to Karnataka on Thursday, said that traditional Indian health practices contributed to the country having fewer Covid-19 deaths, and pointed out that the US “witnessed double the deaths seen in India”. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Shree Dharmasthala Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
“All spiritual goals can be achieved only through the human body. Only a healthy body can attain religious goals. The world came to accept the significance of yoga during the Covid period. Even if people run behind modern medicine, which has its own place, for the improvement of immunity they turn to traditional systems where yoga, ayurveda, naturopathy, sidda, and unani all have roles to play. This was evident in the past two-and-a-half years when Covid affected the world,” Adityanath said.
“In this time, Bharat, under the leadership of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji, was able to find safety. The population of India is over 1.2 billion, and the US, which has one-fourth the population, witnessed double the deaths seen in India. This shows that the traditional practices recognised as Ayush played a big role,” Adityanath said at the opening of the wellness centre run by the Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala, headed by Veerendra Heggade, a Rajya Sabha MP and the Dharmadhikari of the Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple.
India recorded 5.27 lakh Covid deaths and 4.44 crore Covid cases till Wednesday (August 31), according to WHO data, while the US recorded 10.33 lakh deaths and 9.3 crore cases. While 1.18 per cent of Covid cases in India have resulted in deaths, the number of deaths in the US is 1.11 per cent of the total number of Covid cases in the country.
“World Yoga is a sign of the emergence of India’s soft power on the global stage. The whole world now joins World Yoga Day celebrations on June 21. Earlier, there were misconceptions about yoga,” Adityanath said.
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