International Yoga Day
The first International Yoga Day will be held on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Preparations in India have been gathering pace since the UN agreed to the day, with schools, military barracks and even jails encouraged to participate in their own sessions.
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- Indian students practice yoga at a school ahead of the first International Yoga Day, in Chennai, India, Friday, June 19, 2015. Sunday marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)
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- An Indian Muslim woman and a man perform yoga at a garden in Ahmadabad, India. Yoga has a long history India, reaching back for thousands of years. There are no reliable estimates of how many people regularly practice yoga in India, though the number is certainly in the millions. Sunday, June 21, 2015, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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- An Indian woman meditates with others after yoga practice early morning in a park in Mumbai, India. Yoga has a long history India, reaching back for thousands of years. Ancient temples show long-dead royalty in yoga poses. Tales of yogis who can rise into the air, or go long stretches without breathing, or cure terminal illnesses, are still told here. Sunday, June 21, 2015, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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- Indians perform anti gravity aerial yoga in Ahmadabad, India. Yoga has a long history India, reaching back for thousands of years. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made clear it wants the first International Yoga Day, held on Sunday, June 21, 2015, to be taken seriously. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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- Young Indian girls from the Yoga and Cultural Association of Gujarat practice yoga in Ahmedabad on June 18, 2015. Gujarat’s girls yoga team is invited to perform at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan, on the occasion of International Yoga Day on June 21, 2015. (AFP Photo/Sam Panthaky)
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- Indian yoga practitioners participate in a full dress rehearsal for International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. The heart of India’s capital will transform into a sea of colourful mats on June 21, 2015, as thousands perform the camel, cobra and other postures for the first international Yoga Day championed by Narendra Modi.. (AFP Photo/P /prakash )
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- Indian yoga practitioners participate in full dress rehearsal for International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. The heart of India’s capital will transform into a sea of colourful mats on June 21, 2015 as thousands perform the camel, cobra and other postures for the first international Yoga Day championed by Narendra Modi.. (AFP Photo/P /prakash )
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- Indian yoga practitioners participate in a full dress rehearsal for International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. The heart of India’s capital will transform into a sea of colourful mats on June 21, 2015, as thousands perform the camel, cobra and other postures for the first international Yoga Day championed by Narendra Modi. (AFP Photo/P /prakash )
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- Indian yoga practitioners participate in a full dress rehearsal for International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. The heart of India’s capital will transform into a sea of colourful mats on June 21, 2015, as thousands perform the camel, cobra and other postures for the first international Yoga Day championed by Narendra Modi. (AFP Photo/P /prakash )
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- Indian yoga practitioners participate in a full dress rehearsal for International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. The heart of India’s capital will transform into a sea of colourful mats on June 21, 2015, as thousands perform the camel, cobra and other postures for the first international Yoga Day championed by Narendra Modi. (AFP Photo/P /prakash )
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- Indians perform yoga at the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, in New Delhi, India. There are no reliable estimates of how many people regularly practice yoga in India, though the number is certainly in the millions. Tales of yogis who can rise into the air, or go long stretches without breathing, or cure terminal illnesses, are still told here. Sunday, June 21, 2015, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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- Indians perform yoga at the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, in New Delhi, India. There are no reliable estimates of how many people regularly practice yoga in India, though the number is certainly in the millions. Sunday, June 21, 2015, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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- An Indian performs yoga in a stadium in New Delhi, India. Yoga has a long history India, reaching back for thousands of years. Sunday, June 21, 2015, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
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- Indian students make a formation of the International Yoga Day symbol at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, June 19, 2015. Sunday, June 21, marks the first International Yoga Day, which the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is marking with a massive outdoor New Delhi gathering.(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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