At Dawn, India Stretches Together: 10 Best Pics of Yoga Day

Delhi's India Gate all decked up for Yoga Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who practices Yoga daily, launches the celebrations to mark the International Yoga Day. PM Modi made Yoga Day a key initiative of his government. "Yoga has the power to bring the entire humankind together!" PM Modi tweeted last year after pitching the idea of celebrating an International Yoga Day, during his speech to the UN General Assembly.

PM Narendra Modi at the launch of the International Yoga Day 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."

Thousands of participants gathered at Rajpath along with PM Modi to perform various asanas. The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy), which coordinated the event, aims to register it into the Guinness World Records for the "largest yoga demonstration or class at a single venue".

International Yoga Day celebrations launched: PM Modi joins 45,000 people at Rajpath in practising Yoga.

Don't miss! A candid photo of Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, taken as he performed Yoga.

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.

The yoga asanas performed during the International Yoga Day at Rajpath were according to the Common Yoga Protocol, which has been put together by the AYUSH ministry, which has organised the celebration along with the external affairs ministry. Around thirty-five asanas were performed.

PM surrounded as Yoga Day celebrations end at Rajpath.

Communications & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad takes part in International Yoga Day.

International Day of Yoga: Indian Army personnel doing yoga at Kargil.