International Yoga Day: PM Modi joins thousands at Rajpath in world record bid

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was earlier said to not do yoga himself, has joined thousands at Rajpath gunning for the record.

Four instructors from the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) will lead the crowd. Their actions will be beamed live on 32 LED screens set up on the 1,400 metre stretch at Rajpath.

LIVE INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY UPDATES:

6.40 am: 

6.50 am: Did anyone imagine this Rajpath will become a Yogpath: PM Modi

6.55 am: We are not only celebrating a day but we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana: PM Modi.

6.58 am: I thank the @UN and the Nations of the world who co-sponsored the resolution to mark this day as International Day of Yoga: PM Modi.

6.57 am:

Ready to do yoga #InternationalDayofYoga @PMOIndia @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/kZmvMfVGXx

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.00 am:

PM Narendra Modi takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga pic.twitter.com/rkr5Papxq0

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.05 am:

.@PMOIndia performs Yoga #InternationalDayforYoga @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/PWYnD09d6m

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.10 am:

.#InternationalDayofYoga @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/F5T0CK9M8g

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.15 am:

The Prime Minister practicing Yoga. https://t.co/UtlXKp8VtO #YogaDay

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2015

7.18 am:

pic.twitter.com/VixS2Yz4rw

— abantika ghosh (@abantika_ghosh) June 21, 2015

7.20 am:

Home Minister Rajnath Singh takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/6CSddGNfqg

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.22 am:

#InternationalDayofYoga at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with Fleet Commander Rear Admiral AB Singh and others. (Cor.) pic.twitter.com/AgQsNVlYEU

— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) June 21, 2015

7.23 am:

#InternationalDayofYoga Indian Coast Guard personnel and others performing at NOIDA. pic.twitter.com/LocIuwhe7c

— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) June 21, 2015

7.33 am:

PM Narendra Modi takes part in #InternationalDayofYoga pic.twitter.com/fHiXCVsnnI

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 21, 2015

7.35 am:

Its a Yoga Dawn in Fiji, one of the first to celebrate the First International #YogaDay today! pic.twitter.com/wayKyyiEED

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015

7.45 am:

The Prime Minister and his young friends: enthusiastic youngsters meeting the PM on #YogaDay pic.twitter.com/eez1tj9jy7

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 21, 2015

7.46 am:

Age no bar for this 88 year old lady in Melbourne, joined by many others #InternationalDayofYoga @IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/LV7S34qrRW

— Indian HC in Aus (@navdeepsuri) June 21, 2015

7.50 am:

When Rajpath became Yogpath. EAM @SushmaSwaraj follows the IDY celebration in Delhi from across time zones in NYC. pic.twitter.com/wsTwhrofAf

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015

8.00 am: Yoga day preparations in Ahmedabad.

Dawn breaks over Bali and Jakarta as Indonesians come together for #YogaDay ! pic.twitter.com/F92ONm0ka6

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 21, 2015

9.00 am: From ice-capped Siachen, the highest battlefield in the world, to the warships in the
contentious South China Sea, Indian armed forces today joined the International Yoga Day celebrations.

Top defence officers led by Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy’s Admiral R K
Dhowan were present at the Rajpath doing yoga where Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a mega event to mark the day.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in Meerut for the yoga day celebrations. But perhaps the show-stealer were the soldiers doing yoga in full gear on the Siachen Glacier at a height of 18,800 feet above sea level.

9.30 am: Over 7,000 people took part in the Internationa Yoda Day celebrations in Thailand.