Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Modi Joins Yoga Session During Uzbekistan State Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Uzbekistan for two days.
He joined a yoga session in the capital city, Tashkent.
He spoke with people taking part and joined them for a group photograph.
The Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan organized the session.
India’s foreign ministry said yoga helps bring Indian and Uzbek people closer.
Modi also met Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Together, they laid a wreath at a site in Yangi Uzbekistan Park.
Indian community members welcomed Modi with music, dance and other cultural performances.
The two leaders planned talks about how India and Uzbekistan could work together more closely.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined a Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan session in Tashkent on Sunday, August 30.
Modi visited Uzbekistan from August 29 to 30 at the invitation of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Modi and Mirziyoyev laid a wreath at a site in Yangi Uzbekistan Park, described in reports as the Yangi Uzbekistan Monument or Independence Monument.
The Indian community welcomed Modi with Kathak, Andijan Polka, Bollywood and Indian-Uzbek fusion performances.
Modi and Mirziyoyev were scheduled to discuss trade, investment, defence, digital connectivity, energy, education and people-to-people ties.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan and members of the Indian community.
- What
- Modi participated in a yoga session, visited a site in Yangi Uzbekistan Park, met the Indian community and prepared for talks with Mirziyoyev.
- When
- The yoga session took place on Sunday, August 30, during Modi’s August 29–30 state visit.
- Where
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Why
- The visit and planned discussions were intended to strengthen the India-Uzbekistan strategic partnership and people-to-people ties.
- Visit dates
- August 29 to 30
- Yoga programme
- Organized by the Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan in Tashkent
- Modi’s visit history
- This was described as his fourth visit to Uzbekistan, following visits in 2015, 2016 and 2022
- Wreath-laying
- Modi and Mirziyoyev laid a wreath in Yangi Uzbekistan Park; reports variously called the site the Yangi Uzbekistan Monument or Independence Monument
- Community welcome
- Performances included Kathak, Andijan Polka, Bollywood music and a fusion of tabla with the Uzbek instruments Doira and Chang
- Planned talks
- Trade and investment, defence, digital connectivity, energy, education and people-to-people ties
- Next destination
- Kyrgyzstan, from August 31 to September 1, for the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
Sources
WATCH | PM Modi participates in yoga session during visit to Uzbekistan
Modi Joins Yoga Session In Tashkent During Uzbekistan Visit
Modi attends Yoga programme in Tashkent
PM Modi participates in a Yoga Session in Tashkent
PM Modi joins yoga session in Uzbekistan
