International Yoga Day 2021 LIVE: World Celebrates 7th International Day Of Yoga

International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 each year to highlight the importance of Yoga in rejuvenating our body, mind and soul. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 7th Yoga Day programme at around 6.30am. Due to restrictions on congregations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the main event of the day will be a televised programme, and will be broadcasted on all Doordarshan channels. The theme of this year's Yoga Day is Yoga for wellness, which focuses on practicing Yoga for both physical and mental well being

Background

International Yoga Day 2021 LIVE Updates: International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 each year to highlight the importance of Yoga in rejuvenating our body, mind and soul. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 7th Yoga Day programme at around 6.30am. 

The theme of this year's Yoga Day is Yoga for wellness, which focuses on practising Yoga for both physical and mental well being, and how the practice of yoga can promote the holistic health of every individual.

Due to restrictions on congregations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the main event of the day will be a televised programme, which will include an address by the minister of state for Ayush - Kiren Rijiju, and a live Yoga demonstration by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga. 

The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 am and will be tevevised on all Doordarshan channels.

The UN General Assembly in 2014 overwhelmingly adopted a draft resolution, declaring June 21 as International Yoga Day. A record 177 countries supported the resolution. Since then, Yoga Day is celebrated across World every year on June 21. 

13:51 PM (IST)  •  21 Jun 2021

Yoga Session Glimpses from Italy

Yoga sessions are not just limited to the borders of India, different parts of the world joined in to celebrate and practice Yoga together. Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts including children gathered in Rome, Naples & Vienna.  

It's the #InternationalDayOfYoga and, as always, our Missions are in the forefront. Iconic images coming in from Vienna, Rome and San Marino pic.twitter.com/pLZNLDTQu9

— Vikas Swarup (@VikasSwarup) June 21, 2021

13:22 PM (IST)  •  21 Jun 2021

Yoga on INS Shardul

Indian Navy personnel perform Yoga on INS Shardul that is heading back from the Persian Gulf as part of the Operation Samudra Setu II deployment.

12:20 PM (IST)  •  21 Jun 2021

Indian Navy perform Yoga on INS Airavat

Indian Navy personnel, onboard INS Airavat and deployed at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, perform Yoga on International Day of Yoga . INS Airawat is on a deployment to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam in the South China Sea.

 

 

12:00 PM (IST)  •  21 Jun 2021

Watch | Surya Namaskar At Sub-Zero Temperature

#WATCH | An ITBP officer performs Surya Namaskar in sub-zero temperature, at an altitude of 18,000 ft in Ladakh.#InternationalDayOfYoga

(Source: Indo-Tibetan Border Police) pic.twitter.com/dSQmSnCEox

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2021

11:51 AM (IST)  •  21 Jun 2021

WATCH | BSF Troops Perform Yog At Indo-Pak Border

#WATCH | Jaisalmer: BSF troops perform Yoga at Border Out Post in Rajasthan, on Indo-Pak border, on #InternationalDayOfYoga pic.twitter.com/XdQ1tMx3e6

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2021