New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Hong Kong-based Indian Yoga instructor Yogaraj CP, who created a Guinness World Record by performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours.
He also lauded the role of the Indian Consulate in Hong Kong for their efforts to popularise Yoga and their support to Yogaraj.
“Congrats to Hong Kong-based Indian Yoga teacher, Mr. Yogaraj C.P. For creating a Guinness World Record!,” he tweeted.
“I appreciate the Indian Consulate in Hong Kong for their efforts to popularise Yoga & their support to Yogaraj,” he said in another tweet.
The 29-year-old Indian yoga teacher set a Guinness World Record by performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours, demonstrating more than 1,500 ‘asanas’.
Yogaraj started the Maha Yoga Sadhana on 13th Feb, 2015 and performed Yoga on successive nights of 13th and 14th Feb before achieving the feat on the afternoon of 15th February, 2015.
Before attempting the record, Yogaraj had said if he succeeds, he will dedicate the record to Prime Minister Modi, who was instrumental in the UN’s decision to declare June 21 as the International Yoga Day.
The yoga instructor did multiple twists and turns at his Tsim Sha Tsui studio, Prana Yogam, which was open to public for the duration of the challenge.
He had earlier held the record for ‘Longest Yoga Marathon’ achieved on 14th June 2009 for 28 hrs which was bettered by Austrian, Michael Schwab, in September 2009 for 29 hrs and 4 mins.
Yogaraj started practising the discipline at the age of five and began teaching when he was 12.