Modi in Turkmenistan: 'I give you 100 on 100 marks for yoga demonstration'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inaugurated a traditional medicine and yoga centre at the Turkmenistan capital lauded the students who demonstrated yoga.

"I give you 100 on 100 marks for the yoga demonstration. Yoga teaches people to be one with nature. Its aim is not just physical exercise, it also touches the mind and soul," he said.

PM Modi referred to his meeting with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov earlier in the day, and said the president had said this was a small beginning towards his vision of a world class yoga centre, which would demonstrate the effects of yoga to the people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing students during the inauguration of Traditional Medicine & Yoga Center at Bagtyarlyk Sports Complex at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo

Students perform Yoga in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Traditional Medicine & Yoga Center at Bagtyarlyk Sports Complex at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students during the inauguration of Traditional Medicine & Yoga Center at Bagtyarlyk Sports Complex at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Manvender Vashis/PTI Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Bagtyarlyk Sports Complex at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Manvender Vashis/PTI Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnesses the practice of Yoga, at the inauguration of the Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photograph: PIB Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his address at the inauguration of the Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photograph: PIB Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with the students of Hindi after the inauguration of the Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photograph: PIB Photo

People of Turkmenistan wave national flags of their country and Tricolour at the unveiling of a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan on Saturday. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo