In Pictures: People across India and the world participate in International Yoga Day

DNA Web Team | Updated: Jun 21, 2016, 09:00 PM IST

All over India and the world, people are participating in the 2nd International Yoga Day with much fervour. Be it Prime Minister Modi in Chandigarh, school children in Kolkata, or hundreds at the Sydney Opera House, the festivity is in full swing. Here is a brief montage of how they are all celebrating Yoga Day.

All over India and the world, people participated in the 2nd International Yoga Day with much fervour. Be it Prime Minister Modi in Chandigarh, school children in Kolkata, or hundreds at the Sydney Opera House, the festivities were in full swing. Here is a look at how they all participated in Yoga Day.

COMMERCIAL BREAK
SCROLL TO CONTINUE READING

Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads participants on the occasion of the 2nd International Day of Yoga at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh. (Photo: PTI)

Participants perform yoga during World Yoga Day in Ahmedabad, India.  (Photo: Reuters)

Malaysian Yoga practitioners perform yoga exercises during an event to mark the International Yoga Day at the iconic Sultan Abdul Samad building in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: AFP)​

People take part a mass Yoga event to mark the International Yoga Day after inauguration by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Participants perform yoga during World Yoga Day on a seafront promenade in Mumbai, India.  (Photo: Reuters)

Hundreds participate in a mass yoga event in front of the Sydney Opera House on World Yoga Day in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo: Reuters)

Yoga guru Vachanaananda (2R) conducts a laughter session with Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah (R), Union Minister for Fertilizer Ananth Kumar (2L), and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu (C) at a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day in Bangalore. (Photo: AFP)

Participants perform yoga during World Yoga Day in Srinagar. (Photo: Reuters)

Afghans and foreigners take part in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day, at the Indian embassy in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)​

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel take part in a yoga session on International Yoga Day at BSF headquarters in Khasa on the outskirts of Amritsar. (Photo: AFP)

Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (C) puts on a T-shirt as he takes part in a yoga session to mark the International Yoga Day in Kathmandu. (Photo: AFP)​

NCC cadets perform yoga at Kolkata maidan on Tuesday morning to observe 2nd International Yoga day in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Indian Yoga practitioners participate in a morning yoga session in Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi on International Yoga Day. (Photo: AFP)​