"Events to mark the day are being held across the country and several of them are being led by Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan.com/Qidq9WV5Rx— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani performs Yoga on 5th China ICE MAKER manufacturersInternationalDayofYoga , in Dwarka. Yoga is based on an extremely subtle science which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body.

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 September 27, 2014.twitter.Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Haryana CM ML Khattar perform Yoga at Rohtak on #InternationalDayofYoga .Ranchi: On the fifth edition of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a grand event at Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi on Friday and said it is time to take yoga to villages.

“Yoga is above region, above faith, above everything," Modi told the gathering.twitter.com/CxFTaDdBqt— ANI (@ANI) June # 21, 2019 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar perform Yoga at Rajpath in Delhi.

Last year, around 50,000 people participated in the International Yoga Day event organised at Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute. Around 30,000 people participated in the event. pic.Earlier in the day, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev performed yoga along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his followers in Nanded. I have to make yoga an integral part of the life of poor and tribal.twitter.WATCH| #Jharkhand: Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga at Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi on #InternationalDayofYoga#YogaDay2019 #DCNationpic.

PM Modi extended good wishes to people, in India and across the globe on International Day of Yoga.Delhi: BJP National Working President JP Nadda and National General Secretary (Organisation) Ram Lal perform Yoga at Deen Dayal Upadhayay Park.twitter. Because it is poor who gets the most pain due to illness," he said while addressing an event here. Yoga works on one's body, mind, emotion and energy.twitter.com/koHwuQXo9I— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019Modi also said the government has been working to make Yoga a pillar of preventive healthcare.Thousands of people participated in the event and performed various yoga asanas along with the Prime Minister.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan performs Yoga on the occasion of #InternationalDayofYoga pic.The word "Yoga" is derived from the Sanskrit root 'yuj' meaning "to join", "to yoke" or "to unite". I thanked media to play an important role in promoting Yoga," he said.The first International Day of Yoga was observed all over the world on June 21, 2015, when over 30,000 people including Prime Minister Modi performed yoga at the Rajpath in New Delhi. Expressing concern that young people are becoming vulnerable to heart ailments, Modi said, "Yoga can play a huge role in tackling the issue and hence, this year's theme is 'Yoga for Heart'."Now, I have to take the journey of modern yoga from the cities to the villages, to the poor and tribal's house. #InternationalDayofYoga pic..com/XiIqXZCblp— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019The theme of 5th International Yoga Day 2019 is "Climate Action".The BJP working president JP Nadda performed yoga, along with other party leaders and workers, at a park opposite the headquarters of the saffron party on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Marg in New Delhi. That is the power we get with Yoga, that is the feeling of Yoga and the ancient Indian philosophy," he added