International Yoga Day 2018: Navy jawans perform yoga on a submarine INS Sindhuratna in Mumbai

International Yoga Day 2018: Navy jawans perform yoga on a submarine INS Sindhuratna in Mumbai

Along with the Prime Minister, around 50,000 yoga enthusiasts kick-started the India's International Yoga Day celebrations at Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute today.

The first International Day of Yoga was observed all over the world on June 21, 2015, where more than 30,000 people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, performed yoga asanas (postures) at Rajpath in New Delhi.

The idea of International Day of Yoga was first proposed by Prime Minister Modi during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 27 September 2014.