How India plans to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21
In 2014, the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day, supported by 190 countries. Last year, India, along with the rest of the world, celebrated the first International Yoga Day, on a massive scale.
In the process, the Indian government's festivities at Delhi set two Guinness World Records, including one for the largest yoga class attended by nearly 36,000 people. This year's celebrations for the second International Day of Yoga promise to be an equally grand visual spectacle. Here's what they look like in numbers.
Over 100,000 yoga programmes will be organised across India on June 21, with the main event being held at Chandigarh's Capitol Complex. Nearly 35,000 people, led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are expected to participate in the event at Chandigarh. On the morning of June 21, these participants dressed in identical white T-shirts and blue or black lowers, will perform yoga poses on blue and pink mats with the Yoga Day logo at Chandigarh.
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In the run-up to the International Yoga Day, rehearsal, workships and camps have been held across the country over the last month.
In India's capital Delhi, 10,000 participants will perform yoga at various locations. In addition, around 57 ministers from the Indian government will lead yoga programmes across the country. The venues include 16,000 colleges, 12,000 schools and 391 universities. In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the government also plans to run 104 medical helplines to answer questions on various yoga poses, meditation and breathing exercises.
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Sonam Joshi was Mashable's principal correspondent in India. She has previously worked for The Times of India group and Time Out Delhi, and written for The Caravan, Mint Lounge and Yahoo Originals.
