{"id":7831,"date":"2016-06-20T21:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=7828&preview_id=7828"},"modified":"2016-06-20T21:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:59:33","slug":"photos-world-gears-up-for-international-yoga-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=7831","title":{"rendered":"In Photos : People across nations getting ready to celebrate International Yoga Day – TOI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year, Chandigarh will host\u00a0the main event of International Yoga Day. A total of 30,000 participants \u201410,000 each from Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana \u2014 will participate in the event with PM Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n

More than 30,500 India-made coloured mats with the Yoga Day logo will be laid on around 12 lakh sq ft of area for the participants to perform yoga.<\/p>\n

The United Nations declared June 21 as International Yoga Day on December 11, 2014. PM Modi suggested this in his address to the UN General Assembly and the idea was supported by 177 member states, which adopted it without a vote.<\/p>\n

Take a look at how people across nations are getting ready to celebrate the International Yoga Day\u2026<\/p>\n

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\"Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

Indian schoolchildren participate in a yoga session at a school in Chennai.\u00a0(Photo courtesy: Arun Sankar\/AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Raahgirs<\/a><\/p>\n

Raahgirs practised some basic asanas like the Surya Namaskar for the International Yoga Day
\n(Photo courtesy: Lokesh Kashyap\/BCCL)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Soldiers<\/a><\/p>\n

Soldiers practice yoga during a rehearsal on the eve of World Yoga Day in Ahmedabad
\n(Photo courtesy: Reuters\/Amit Dave)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Indians<\/a><\/p>\n

Indians yoga practitioners take part in a workshop at a temple on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad (Photo courtesy: AFP \/ Sanjay Kanojia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People practise yoga at a tourist spot ahead of the International Day of Yoga, on the outskirts of Beijing (Photo courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People practise yoga at a tourist spot ahead of the International Day of Yoga, on the outskirts of Beijing (Photo courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

Yoga guru Ramdev (C) participates in a rehearsal for International Yoga Day on Rajpath in New Delhi (Photo courtesy: AFP\/ Chandan Khanna)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People practicing Yoga ahead of International Day of Yoga near the iconic Tower Bridge in London (Photo courtesy: PTI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Yoga<\/a><\/p>\n

Yoga lovers guide tourists to practise yoga at a water park to cool off in Chongqing, China (Photo courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People take part in a yoga session at North Beach in Durban. (Photo courtesy: AFP \/ Rajesh Jantilal)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People take part in a yoga session in Brussels. (Photo courtesy: AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People doing yoga during International Yoga Day in Minsk, Belarus (Photo courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People doing yoga during International Yoga Day in Minsk, Belarus (Photo courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Rehearsals<\/a><\/p>\n

Rehearsals of International Yoga Day at Capitol Complex Chandigarh (Photo courtesy:Pritam Thakur)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Participants<\/a><\/p>\n

Participants strike a pose during an event to mark International Yoga Day, at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia (Photo courtesy: AP \/Rob Griffith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Malaysians<\/a><\/p>\n

Malaysians participate in a yoga session ahead of the International Yoga Day in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad building (Photo courtesy: AP \/Joshua Paul)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Citizen<\/a><\/p>\n

Citizen participates in \u201cRUN FOR YOGA\u201d at Brahmrishi Yoga Training College, Chandigarh (Photo courtesy: Pritam Thakur)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Flash<\/a><\/p>\n

Flash mob organised in Kerala by Yoga Poornima research centre to create awareness about yoga among public (Photo courtesy: E Gokul)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"People<\/a><\/p>\n

People participate in Yoga session at Marine Drive, Mumbai (Photo courtesy: Sanjay Hadkar\/BCCL)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Mumbai<\/a><\/p>\n

Mumbai kid participate in a yoga session (Photo courtesy: Sanjay Hadkar\/BCCL)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"World<\/a><\/p>\n

World shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, participates in a yoga practice session in Nagpur (Photo courtesy: Aniruddhasingh Dinore)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"World<\/a><\/p>\n

World shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, participates in a yoga practice session in Nagpur (Photo courtesy: Aniruddhasingh Dinore)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Students<\/a><\/p>\n

Students perform yoga during full dress rehearsal ahead of World Yoga Day in Ahmedabad (Photo courtesy: Reuters\/Amit Dave)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Members<\/a><\/p>\n

Members of Madhya Pradesh Backward Class Commission perform Jal Yoga on the eve of International Day of Yoga (Photo courtesy: PTI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

A 90-years-old lady participates in a largest facial yoga class performed for Guinness World Record in Hyderabad (Photo courtesy: Ramoorthy P)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"NCC<\/a><\/p>\n

NCC cadets performing Yoga at MIT Food Court on Manipal University campus (Photo courtesy: TOI Mangalore)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Muslim<\/a><\/p>\n

Muslim school students attend a yoga workshop conducted by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Institute in Ahmedabad (Photo courtesy: Yogesh Chawda)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Local<\/a><\/p>\n

Local priests performing Yoga on the eve of International Yoga day in Allahabad (Photo courtesy: PTI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author’s own.<\/div>\n
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