Yoga Day: 45,000 Participants Joined PM Modi to Perform Yoga at Rajpath
Updated: June 21, 2015 06:05 IST
India along with the rest of the world is celebrating International Yoga Day, an initiative championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who pitched the idea at the United Nations General Assembly last year. Rajpath in central Delhi has a sea of yoga mats as more than 45,000 participants take part in the event.
A decked up Rajpath saw 45,000 people perform Yoga, alongwith Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Around thirty-five asanas were performed to make International Yoga Day a huge success.
Yoga for All: Rajpath in central Delhi covered in a sea of yoga mats. More than 45,000 participants performed yoga in the event, in the presence of PM Modi.
The yoga asanas performed during the International Yoga Day at Rajpath were according to the Common Yoga Protocol, put together by the AYUSH Ministry, which has organised the celebration along with the External Affairs Ministry. Around thirty-five asanas were performed.
PM Narendra Modi at the launch of the celebrations: "Rajpath has become 'Yog-path'. We are not only celebrating a day but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace."
President Pranab Mukherjee took part in the International Yoga Day.
PM Narendra Modi: "I bow down to the sages who have encouraged Yoga through centuries."
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who practices yoga daily alongwith Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia joined PM Modi and the thousands who gathered at Rajpath in the heart of the capital, to mark the International Yoga Day.
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi looked all set for the Yoga Day.
45,000 people including bureaucrats, students and soldiers performed Yoga along with PM Narendra Modi at New Delhi's India Gate.
Giant digital screens beamed the event live from Rajpath, where security arrangements rivaled Republic Day celebrations, with over 8,000 security personnel deployed.
