How Delhi celebrated international yoga day

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Arun Kumar | June 21, 2016


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The second edition of International Yoga Day is being celebrated in India and across the world. Prime minister Narendra Modi joined over 30,000 people at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh to celebrate the day.

Around 139 countries have registered themselves for the second international yoga day. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day in 2014.

This is how people in Lodhi Gardens, Delhi, celebrated the second international yoga day.

















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