On International Yoga Day today, Yoga Guru Ramdev led the celebrations in Rajasthan's Kota with an aim to create a Guinness World Record with the largest number of people performing yoga together.
Around 1.05 lakh (still counting) people performed Yoga together in Kota to create a Guinness World Record on the fourth edition of International Yoga Day on Thursday.
While the record was created at 1.05 lakh and the counting of participants was still going on as it was estimated that nearly 2 lakh people were present for the mass yoga camp. The numbers were counted through set standard and drone cameras. A total of 4, 500 inspectors were deputed to keep a close eye over the Yoga performance
Executive officers in India on behalf of the Guinness Book of World Record -- Swapneel and Ribika from London -- presented the certificate of world record to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Ramdev.
Along with Ramdev, Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved Limited and co-founder of Patanjali Yogpeeth, Acharya Balkrishna and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia performed yoga at the venue.
Participants at Kota in Rajasthan performing yoga.
He also tweeted the number of yogis who performed are over 2 lakh. The final count is not out yet.
The yog camp started at 5 am and 15 yoga exercises of protocol for world record were performed from 6.30 am to 7 am.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Prakash Javadekar and Suresh Prabhu also performed yoga at different locations across the nation.
The first International Day of Yoga was observed all across the world on June 21, 2015, where more than 30,000 people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, performed yoga asanas (postures) at Rajpath in New Delhi.
(With Inputs From PTI, ANI)
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