MPs and Parliament staff take part in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day at Parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
MPs and Parliament staff take part in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day at Parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
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5th International Yoga Day in photos: Indians celebrate the harmony of body, mind and soul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi first proposed to mark June 21 as International Yoga Day in his 2014 address to the annual General Debate from the famed General Assembly podium. Modi today appealed to people to take yoga to all sections of society, 'from cities to villages, and to tribal areas.' Take a look at visuals of enthusiastic yoga practitioners captured by TNIE photographers from across the country on the 5th International Yoga Day.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other participants performs yoga during a mass yoga event organised on the 5th International Day of Yoga, at Prabhat Tara Ground in Ranchi. (Photo | PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other participants performs yoga during a mass yoga event organised on the 5th International Day of Yoga, at Prabhat Tara Ground in Ranchi. (Photo | PTI)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar take part in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar take part in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi first proposed to mark June 21 as International Yoga Day in his 2014 address to the annual General Debate from the famed General Assembly podium. Modi today appealed to people to take yoga to all sections of society. ''We should make efforts to take yoga from cities to villages, tribal areas. Yoga is above region, above faith, above everything,” he said. IN PIC: Students take part in a yoga session on International Yoga Day at St. Ann's Matric Higher Secondary School at Madanandapuram, Chennai. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi first proposed to mark June 21 as International Yoga Day in his 2014 address to the annual General Debate from the famed General Assembly podium. Modi today appealed to people to take yoga to all sections of society. ''We should make efforts to take yoga from cities to villages, tribal areas. Yoga is above region, above faith, above everything,” he said. IN PIC: Students take part in a yoga session on International Yoga Day at St. Ann's Matric Higher Secondary School at Madanandapuram, Chennai. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
Students perform yoga at Victory School in Chennai on International Yoga Day. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
Students perform yoga at Victory School in Chennai on International Yoga Day. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
A visual from the Kateerava Stadium in Bengaluru on the occasion of International Yoga Day. (Photo | Panadarinath B, EPS)
A visual from the Kateerava Stadium in Bengaluru on the occasion of International Yoga Day. (Photo | Panadarinath B, EPS)
A visual of yoga enthusiasts on International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
A visual of yoga enthusiasts on International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
Yoga practitioners participate in a mass yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
Yoga practitioners participate in a mass yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
School students perform yoga asanas on the occasion of International Yoga Day in Mysuru. (Photo | Rajesh Shetty Ballalbagh, EPS)
School students perform yoga asanas on the occasion of International Yoga Day in Mysuru. (Photo | Rajesh Shetty Ballalbagh, EPS)
Students of CREA perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express, in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
Students of CREA perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express, in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
Students perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express, in Loyola college, Vijayawada. (Photo | Prasant Madugula, EPS)
Students perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express, in Loyola college, Vijayawada. (Photo | Prasant Madugula, EPS)
Students take part in a yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day at St. Ann's Matric Higher Secondary School, Chennai. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
Students take part in a yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day at St. Ann's Matric Higher Secondary School, Chennai. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
A visual from the Kateerava Stadium in Bengaluru on the occasion of International Yoga Day. (Photo | Panadarinath B, EPS)
A visual from the Kateerava Stadium in Bengaluru on the occasion of International Yoga Day. (Photo | Panadarinath B, EPS)
Students from JK School in Hubli perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express. (Photo | Hemnath, EPS)
Students from JK School in Hubli perform yoga on International Yoga Day, at an event organised by The New Indian Express. (Photo | Hemnath, EPS)
International Yoga Day was observed at Utkal University in Bhubaneshwar, at a mass yoga event organised by The New Indian Express. (Photo |Biswanath Swain, EPS)
International Yoga Day was observed at Utkal University in Bhubaneshwar, at a mass yoga event organised by The New Indian Express. (Photo |Biswanath Swain, EPS)
Nursing college students do yoga asanas at Coimbatore Medical College hospital to mark International Yoga Day. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Nursing college students do yoga asanas at Coimbatore Medical College hospital to mark International Yoga Day. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
People practise yoga on International Yoga Day at an event organised by The New Indian Express in Madurai. (Photo | KK Sundar, EPS)
People practise yoga on International Yoga Day at an event organised by The New Indian Express in Madurai. (Photo | KK Sundar, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Mysuru. (Photo | Udayshankara S, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Mysuru. (Photo | Udayshankara S, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Mysuru. (Photo | Udayshankara S, EPS)
People perform yoga as part of International Yoga Day celebrations in Mysuru. (Photo | Udayshankara S, EPS)
People practice yoga at KBN college in an event organised by the New Indian Express in Vijayawada. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu, EPS)
People practice yoga at KBN college in an event organised by the New Indian Express in Vijayawada. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu, EPS)
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is seen at the New Indian Express' International Yoga Day event in Dehradun. (Photo | Naveen Kumar, EPS)
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is seen at the New Indian Express' International Yoga Day event in Dehradun. (Photo | Naveen Kumar, EPS)
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