When is International Yoga Day? | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

When is International Yoga Day? | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 17, 2019 3:01:29 pm

When is International Yoga Day?

The first Yoga Day celebrations were held at Raj Path in New Delhi and Narendra Modi, along with other dignitaries had created two Guinness World Records by performing around 21 yoga asanas.

Paramilitary officers and soldiers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) performed yoga asanas on the occasion of International Day of Yoga at Home Training Recruit training centres on the outskirts of Srinagar in 2018. (Express Photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Yoga, the age-old practice, serves as a great boost for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being. In a bid to promote it and spread awareness, in 2015, UN declared June 21 as International Yoga Day. It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who suggested the date in his UN address and pushed for it as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.