Actor Richard Gere on Wednesday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hailing his message of "universal brotherhood and sisterhood" while leading a special Yoga session at the UN headquarters in New York City.

The veteran actor, who toplined several Hollywood hits including 'Pretty Woman', Primal Fear', 'An Officer and a Gentleman', 'Chicago', 'Days of Heaven', and 'Intersection', was pictured sitting opposite PM Modi and performing Yoga on the lawns of the UN headquarters in New York.