Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked 50 years of Prashanti Kutiram, the Bengaluru campus of S-VYASA University. He also honoured H.V. Sheshadri, a former RSS general secretary, on his 100th birth anniversary.
Modi kicked off work on a new administrative block at the university and released six of Sheshadri's books. He also said yoga is spreading worldwide, citing Saudi Arabia's move to recognise it as a sport.
He cited a World Bank report saying nearly 50 crore Indians have left extreme poverty in 12 to 13 years. He urged the university to draft a 25-year roadmap for Viksit Bharat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Bengaluru on Friday that India's initiatives have made yoga popular worldwide. He spoke at the golden jubilee of Prashanti Kutiram, a centre run by S-VYASA.
Saudi Arabia has recognised yoga as a sport and signed an agreement with India's AYUSH ministry to promote it. India has also signed memoranda of understanding with 28 countries on Ayurveda cooperation.
The government has also set up a National Turmeric Board and introduced an e-AYUSH visa for foreigners seeking treatment in India.
PM Narendra Modi will open and lay foundation stones for projects in Karnataka valued at more than Rs 15,600 crore. Among them is the Pink Line of Bengaluru Metro, linking Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere, a Rs 3,470 crore project.
He will also open the country's biggest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, an Rs 850 crore facility holding 80,000 metric tonnes.
The programme also includes the Vande Bharat Express between Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Madgaon, which he will flag off, and the golden jubilee of the S-VYASA yoga institute in Bengaluru.
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