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.