India along with the rest of the world is celebrating International Yoga Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by many big guns of politics. Dressed in all-white and a tricolour scarf, PM Modi performed a variety of poses, including the Vajrasan and Padmasan, along with 45,000 people.
Union Minister Smriti Irani in Shimla for International Yoga Day. The UN announced an International Day of Yoga last year after PM Modi's appeal at the General Assembly.
International Yoga Day: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia joined PM Modi and the thousands who gathered at Rajpath in Delhi.
Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha: "Thrilled to do my daily yoga and dhyan with honorable PM and 40,000 people on Rajpath. Historic day for yoga and India!"
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi joined PM Modi and the thousands who gathered at Rajpath in the heart of the capital, to mark the International Yoga Day.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu participated in a mass yoga session along with other yoga practitioners on the first International Yoga day in Chennai.
