Lucknow: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, said that the postures in “Surya namaskar” were similar to those done while offering namaz.
Speaking at the opening of a three-day “Yoga Mahotsav” here, the CM said “Surya namaskar was a yogic exercise and that it was wrong to attribute any religious motives to it.
“Some vested interests attribute a religious agenda to everything and misguide Muslims. There is no religion in Surya namaskar and performing it helps in improving one’s health,” the Chief Minister said, adding that it was time for all to decide what was communal and what was not.
“The namaz offered by Muslims resembles different postures and asanas of surya namaskar, including pranayam. But some bhogis who don’t believe in yoga indulged in dividing society on lines of caste, creed, and religion,” the Chief Minister said.
