Across India, jawans, politicians and citizens came together on Friday, 21 June, to perform yoga and celebrate the fifth edition of International Yoga Day.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had kicked off the celebrations, performed yoga with around 40,000 enthusiasts at the Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi, to mark the occasion.
Setting off the celebrations, PM Modi said, “Peace and harmony have always been associated with yoga. Yoga can further unity and can heal several challenges the world faces.”
In Delhi, celebrations played out at several venues — from the sprawling Rajpath and the lawns of Red Fort to municipal parks, hospitals, gardens and offices with thousands of enthusiastic Delhiites performing asanas.
- Since 2015, International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on 21 June
- PM Modi has been tweeting out tutorial videos every day in the run-up to the fifth Yoga Day
- PM Modi performed yoga with around 40,000 enthusiasts at the Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi on Friday
- 21 June was designated International Yoga Day on PM Modi’s suggestion in the UN General Assembly in 2014
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