While some of the actors are trying to get their yoga postures right, others are busy creating awareness about the benefits of Yoga.
Actors Kirron Kher, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty, Amrita Rao and Boman Irani, even took part in the various yoga sessions and urged their fans to follow them.
It's a historic first! Happy #YogaDay to everyone. Practicing #Yoga has intense benefits for the body, mind and the soul
— Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) June 21, 2015Let us Celebrate #Yogaday by doing "Namaskar" - the simplest form of #YogaForAll from @SadhguruJV : https://t.co/y1FINNlO4B
— Juhi Chawla (@iam_juhi) June 21, 2015Enjoyed a great Yoga session under the sky with 10000 people joinin me in doin the asanas. What a historic day.Happy international yoga day
SHILPA SHETTY (@TheShilpaShetty) June 21, 2015Awaken the Yogi within ... Happy International YOGA Day! @ankita01sood pic.twitter.com/6MaNE1QKR6
— AMRITA RAO (@AmritaRao) June 21, 2015Seen yoga being practiced all over the world. It's time we practised what is ours, by us. #YogaDay
— Boman Irani (@bomanirani) June 21, 2015Twitter has been flooded with comments on the 'historical' yoga day from the actors:
T 1904 - Yog .. Yoga .. Yoga .. !!! shirsa Aasan !!!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 21, 2015"Bheegha hua aadmi baarish se nahi darta." (A person who is drenched is not afraid of the rain.) An advice from my grandfather.:)
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) June 20, 2015#InternatioanalDayofYoga Yoga should be a integral part of our daily life,2reach our true potential.Thank u @suveerbalvi for ur guidance.
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) June 21, 2015Glimpse of #YogaDay preparation...from all over the world..Not for Deshi Thag & #AdarshLiberal ..will hurt them pic.twitter.com/HjLUGFpzHv
— Paresh Rawal (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) June 20, 2015Hope #InternationalDayofYoga more than anything else, serves as a fresh start to all who haven't been initiated into this world of wonder !
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) June 21, 2015Yoga means union. Between you and your spiritual self. Between you and your universal self. #InternationalDayofYoga
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 21, 2015Today is Yoga Day and Father's Day. Makes sense. The reason you were born is because your dad did a few minutes of 'yoga'.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) June 21, 2015If you must take a stand, let it be on your head!!! HAPPY YOGA DAY to all!!! #worldyogaday #YogaDay #Yoga pic.twitter.com/53VNPmhfSt
— Sarah-Jane Dias (@sarahjanedias03) June 20, 2015Even, many celebrities praised PM Narendra Modi's yoga initiative.
I congratulate visionary PM @narendramodi 4 #InternationalDayofYoga Now India's "WEALTH" improves the world's HEALTH https://t.co/HUnhfWPXOo
— Vivek Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) June 21, 2015Healthy body healthy mind!On this #InternationalYogaDay lets make an effort 2stay fit!great initiative @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/WXt8NZEwXs
— Geeta Basra (@Geeta_Basra) June 21, 2015International Yoga Day today! I hope everyone is doing at least some asanas as our PM has requested! Spread the culture - we need it badly!
— Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) June 21, 2015#India actually just took international ownership of #Yoga About Time and Well done I say. Take a bow @narendramodi
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) June 21, 2015