World bends and stretches on Yoga Day

Updated - June 21, 2018 at 11:47 AM.

The United Nations declared June 21 as International Yoga Day in 2015

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads the nation on the 4th International Yoga Day from the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun. Photo: PTI
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A yoga lover practising at Marine Drive in Mumbai. Photo: Paul Noronha ▲
Yoga enthusiasts perform at Lodi Gardens, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Ahmedabad. Photo: Vijay Soneji
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School children in Srinagar practice yoga at the Sher i Kashmir Cricket Stadium. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal performs yoga during a mass session at Rajpath in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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Indian Navy officials perform yoga on submarine INS 'Sindhuratna' in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
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A yoga enthusiast at a session in Lodi Gardens, New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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A large number of yoga enthusiasts turned up for the celebrations at the Mysuru Race Course. Photo: MA Sriram
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Cricketer Parthiv Patel participates in the yoga day celebrations in Ahmedabad. Photo: Vijay Soneji
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 4th International Yoga Day function at Raj Bhawan, in Lucknow. Photo: PTI
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Foreigners performing yoga in Mysuru Race Course. Photo: MA Sriram
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Members of the Indian Navy perform yoga on the flight deck of INS Viraat, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (R) with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik (C) and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participate in the mass yoga session at Raj Bhawan, in Lucknow. Photo: PTI
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Students of Cosmic yoga studio perform at the Yoga Day awareness programme in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Photo: C Venkatachalapathy
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A scene from the celebrations in Bhopal. Photo: A M Faruqui
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A Yoga Day event in front of a giant Laozi statue at Bochishan Park in Huaian, Jiangsu province, China. Photo: Reuters
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Revellers practice yoga before sunrise as they welcome in the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge stone circle in southwest Britain. Photo: Reuters ▲
ITBP personnel perform yoga near Ladakh region. Photo: PTI ▲

The United Nations declared June 21 as International Yoga Day in 2015. Since then, mass yoga sessions are being conducted every year to raise awareness on the benefits of yoga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the nation on the 4th International Yoga Day from Dehradun, said yoga has shown the world the way from "illness to wellness”.

Here are a few pictures of yoga enthusiasts from across the globe.

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