The first-of-its-kind event was classified as "yoga for peace" and took place within 32 pods of the London Eye on the banks of the river Thames to celebrate the opening event of the International Day of Yoga, marked worldwide on June 21.
Troops from the Indian Army held a yoga session at the Siachen, regarded as the highest battlefield in the world. The event made it to the Guinness World Records with 35,985 participants performing asanas at one venue and 84 nationalities being part of it.
"When all of us, at the same time, do the same movements, it feels special".
Today (June 21) is the third International World Yoga Day and celebrities and common people across the world are celebrating it.
"Yoga connects body, mind and soul".
He also announced to make the celebration of International Yoga Day in the state as state government sponsored event from next year.
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Indian Test cricket team batsman Cheteshwar Pujara wishes on Internation Yoga Day.
Indian Navy personnel showed their grit and enthusiasm with their yoga demonstration onboard submarines INS Sindhudhvaj and INS Sindhukirti while a group of air warriors from the IAF performed asanas at Leh, the highest airfield.
The Indian embassy in Beijing was assisted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and Yogi Yoga, a popular yoga school.
Hundreds of officers were deployed at the national stadium, where the three-hour event was held, after Hefazat-e-Islam said yoga was un-Islamic.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma had reached his yoga destination, Coimbatore, a day in advance and tweeted his pictures from Isha Centre where he performed yoga today with Sadhguru, a yoga exponent.
India's Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, Dinesh Patnaik, said: "The ancient tradition of Yoga with all its attendant physical, mental and spiritual benefits was not for an individual or a particular community, but the entire world". "It also helps you discover a sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature".
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