#InternationalDayofYoga : PM Modi joins thousands at Rajpath in Guinness World Record bid ... अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस #yogaday #yoga

New Delhi | Updated: June 21, 2015 8:09 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will not do yoga himself, will be on stage at Rajpath overlooking thousands gunning for the record.

New Delhi: Participants of the International Yoga Day during the full dress rehearsal for the event at Rajpath in New Delhi on Friday.

With at least 40,000 people expected to take part in the Yoga event held at Rajpath, the government is all set to break the Guinness World Record on International Yoga Day. Apart from the celebrations in Delhi, the government has left no stone unturned to make the day a success and has planned events across the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was earlier said to not do yoga himself, has joined thousands at Rajpath gunning for the record.

Four instructors from the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) will lead the crowd. Their actions will be beamed live on 32 LED screens set up on the 1,400 metre stretch at Rajpath.

LIVE INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY UPDATES:

6.40 am: 


6.50 am: Did anyone imagine this Rajpath will become a Yogpath: PM Modi
6.55 am: We are not only celebrating a day but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana: PM Modi.
6.58 am: I thank the @UN and the Nations of the world who co-sponsored the resolution to mark this day as International Day of Yoga: PM Modi.
6.57 am:

Ready to do yoga #InternationalDayofYoga @PMOIndia

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.00 am:

PM Narendra Modi takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga pic.twitter.com/rkr5Papxq0

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.05 am:

.@PMOIndia performs Yoga #InternationalDayforYoga 

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.10 am:

.#InternationalDayofYoga @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/F5T0CK9M8g

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.15 am:

The Prime Minister practicing Yoga. http://t.co/UtlXKp8VtO #YogaDay

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2015

7.18 am:

pic.twitter.com/VixS2Yz4rw

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.20 am:

Home Minister Rajnath Singh takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/6CSddGNfqg

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.22 am:

#InternationalDayofYoga at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with Fleet Commander Rear Admiral AB Singh and others. (Cor.) pic.twitter.com/AgQsNVlYEU

— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) June 21, 2015

7.23 am:

#InternationalDayofYoga Indian Coast Guard personnel and others performing at NOIDA. pic.twitter.com/LocIuwhe7c

— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) June 21, 2015

7.33 am:

PM Narendra Modi takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga pic.twitter.com/fHiXCVsnnI

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.36 am: Yoga event ends, Modi mobbed by participants as he exits Rajpath.
7.40 am:

Its a Yoga Dawn in Fiji, one of the first to celebrate the First International #YogaDay today! pic.twitter.com/wayKyyiEED

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015

7.45 am:

The Prime Minister and his young friends: enthusiastic youngsters meeting the PM on #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/eez1tj9jy7

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2015

7.46 am:

Age no bar for this 88 year old lady in Melbourne, joined by many others #InternationalDayofYoga @IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/LV7S34qrRW

— Indian HC in Aus (@navdeepsuri) June 21, 2015

7.50 am:

When Rajpath became Yogpath. EAM @SushmaSwaraj follows the IDY celebration in Delhi from across time zones in NYC. pic.twitter.com/wsTwhrofAf

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015

8.00 am: Yoga day preparations in Ahmedabad.

8.07 am:

Dawn breaks over Bali and Jakarta as Indonesians come together for #YogaDay ! pic.twitter.com/F92ONm0ka6

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015