World celebrating 4th International Yoga Day today

Desk Report: The fourth edition of International Yoga Day is being observed across the globe today (Thursday).

To celebrate the day, various Yoga training programmes, camps, seminars, workshops have been organised across the world at big levels.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join thousands of volunteers and perform Yoga asanas in the lawns of Forest Research Institute in Dehradun.

The first International Day of Yoga was observed all over the world on June 21, 2015, where more than 30,000 people, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, performed yoga asanas (postures) at Rajpath in New Delhi.

The idea of International Day of Yoga was first proposed by Prime Minister Modi during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 27 September 2014.



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