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22/06/22 06:56 AM IST

International Yoga Day Celebration

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  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi marked the 8th International Yoga Day celebration by participating in a Mass Yoga Demonstration involving thousands of participants at Mysuru Palace Ground in Mysuru, Karnataka.
About IYD 
  • The first International Day of Yoga was celebrated on 21st June 2015.
  • The key purpose behind the United Nations recognising the 21st of June as the IDY was to underline the potential of Yoga in public health globally.
  • The IDY resolution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in December 2014 came at the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and was passed by unanimous consent.
  • Since 2015, the IDY has evolved into a mass movement for health, around the world.
Source- PIB 

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