International Yoga Day: Record-breaking yoga event at Rajpath

In a record-breaking attempt, an estimated 37,000 people took part in a yoga session at Rajpath here on Sunday to mark the International Yoga Day, officials said. Ayush ministry officials said they ha

Updated: June 21, 2015 8:46 AM IST

By Indo-Asian News Service

In a record-breaking attempt, an estimated 37,000 people took part in a yoga session at Rajpath here on Sunday to mark the International Yoga Day, officials said. Ayush ministry officials said they had expected thousands of people to participate in the yoga exercises at Rajpath in central Delhi and its adjoining areas. (ALSO READ: International Yoga Day 2015: PM Narendra Modi kicks off first Yoga Day celebration at Rajpath)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too joined the people in doing yoga. The organisers have applied for a Guinness record for the largest simultaneous assembly of people at a yoga event. (READ: International Yoga Day: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is excited about Yoga!) The Guinness record is currently held by Vivekananda Kendra which organised a yoga event in which 29,973 people participated in Gwalior on November 19, 2005.

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