Prime Minster Narendra Modi led the event to mark the second International Yoga Day celebrations in Chandigarh early on Tuesday morning. Over 30,000 people gathered to perform yoga asanas at Chandigarh’s Capital Complex and the theme of this year’s event was ‘Connect the Youth’.
And here are some photos from the event:
A bird’s eye view of the #YogaDay celebrations in Chandigarh. Photo credit: Pradip Das Gupta pic.twitter.com/y6NYY8Sh4U
— PIB India (@PIB_India) June 21, 2016
PM participates in mass yoga demonstration at Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, on the occasion of 2nd #IYD2016 #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/EMIabh6Pin
— PIB India (@PIB_India) June 21, 2016
PM @narendramodi at the Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, on the occasion of 2nd #IYD2016 #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/0BCrWnIdQS
— PIB India (@PIB_India) June 21, 2016
PM Narendra Modi doing Yoga in Chandigarh #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/u3WXfBS5EZ
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Smriti Irani took the lead in Bhopal
Celebrated #YogaDay with people of Bhopal #IDY2016 pic.twitter.com/D1141dq0ig
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 21, 2016
M Venkaiah Naidu was at Connaught Place Delhi for his second yoga event in as many days
Extremely happy to be amongst you all to participate and practice yoga on this #YogaDay at Connaught Place, Delhi pic.twitter.com/UfOHfKfGGl
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) June 21, 2016
Delhi Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi were also in Delhi
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu,Delhi Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi do Yoga in Delhi #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/MBChwzNsBy
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Home Minister Rajnath Singh led the event in Lucknow in his home state
HM Rajnath Singh and Shia cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas do Yoga in Lucknow on #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/f8S6wCpjSN
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) June 21, 2016
Ravi Shankar Prasad was in Patna
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad does Yoga in Patna #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/egIddKAMDX
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in Kanpur
UP: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar does Yoga in Kanpur #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/hoJVdkaOdM
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) June 21, 2016
BJP Chief Amit Shah was with Baba Ramdev in Faridabad
BJP Chief Amit Shah and Baba Ramdev do Yoga in Faridabad #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/SbBaEKvgbt
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan was in Hajipur in Bihar
अंर्तराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस पर हाजीपुर के आर एन कालेज मे जन समूह के साथ योग करते हुए pic.twitter.com/RWlcVKqcgm
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) June 21, 2016
BJP MP Maheish Girri observed the day despite being on a hunger strike outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s house
Delhi: BJP MP Maheish Girri who is on a hunger strike outside CM Kejriwal’s residence,does Yoga #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/ECsGHn7DCW
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Union Railway Minster Suresh Prabhu were in Vijaywada
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Union Railway Minster Suresh Prabhu do Yoga in Vijayawada #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/3C5OG8HnVk
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and BJP leader Om Mathur were in Jaipur
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and BJP leader Om Mathur do Yoga in Jaipur #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/qZNRXEqZxE
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Navy personnel also participated in an event on an aircraft carrier
Navy personnel do Yoga onboard aircraft carrier INS Viraat #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/C34ZJ7qxAM
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Bipashu Basu lent some glamour to the event with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Union Minister Ananth Kumar in Bengaluru
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Union Minister Ananth Kumar and Bipasha Basu do Yoga in Bengaluru #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/pFnVw32Gwk
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
Actor-Filmmaker Arbaaz Khan was part of the event in Mumbai
BJP leader Shaina NC and Actor-Filmmaker Arbaaz Khan do Yoga in Mumbai #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/NWbriWourv
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2016
And across the world, events organised to mark the day were a grand success:
Hundreds gathered for second #IDY2016 Celebrations in Mirpur Indoor Stadium #Dhaka @IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/tXYYqL42so
— India in Bangladesh (@ihcdhaka) June 21, 2016
#YogaDay with Afghan brothers and sisters in Kabul @IndianDiplomacy @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/V1L5SJZJGv
— India in Afghanistan (@IndianEmbKabul) June 21, 2016