When the world embraced International Yoga Day with Narendra Modi

Participants take part in the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Rajpath all taken up by the participants of International Day of Yoga. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

A view of Rajpath from the top of India Gate on the eve of International Yoga Day in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Source: Twitter @SpokespersonMoD

LCDs installedat Rajpath to help participants follow the yoga steps as instructed by the yoga professionals. (Source: Twitter @SpokespersonMoD)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the dais with Baba Ramdev during the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Participants watch PM Narendra Modi on LCDs as he addresses the nation on World Yoga Day. (Source: Twitter @SpokespersonMoD)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in the session of International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Prime Minister Narednra Modi performs breathing exercise along with thousands of participants as a part of International Yoga Day at Rajpath, in New Delhi, Sunday, June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in the International Yoga Day event at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

PM Narendra Modi performs yoga asana along with thousands of participants at Rajpath, New Delhi, to mark the first International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

PM Narendra Modi and other participants performing yoga while following the instructions of yoga professionals to mark the big Yoga event to be celebrated all over the world on 21st day of every June at Rajpath, New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia

PM Narendra Modi following some yoga instructions on the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing some neck twisting yoga as he participates with thousands in the #InternationalYogaDay celebrations.

PM Modi performing Pranayam asana during the #InternationalYogaDay event organised at Rajpath, New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi refuses a volunteer to take a selfie during International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

PM Modi doing a sleeping asana as he participates in the International Yoga Day event at Rajpath, New Delhi on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Prime Minister with his young friends after attending the International Yoga Day event at Rajpath, new Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung at the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

One of the participants taking a selfie with Actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan at the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Dy CM Manish Sisodia doing yoga during the International Yoga Day at Rajpath in Delhi on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Gujarat CM Anadiben Patel participates in International Yoga Day at GMDC ground in Ahmedabad. (Source: Express photo by Javed Raja)

Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel performing yoga as part of the mass yoga event in Ahmedabad. (Source: Express photo by Javed Raja)

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel doing yoga at GMDC ground on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Javed Raja)

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani participates in a yoga session along with people on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Chaura Maidan in Shimla on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Smriti Irani taking photograph in her tab during yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day in Shimla on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

People participates in a yoga session on the occasion of first International Yoga Day at Ridge in Shimla on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

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. (Source: PTI)

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. (Source: Ministry of Defence)

INS Ranvir, Satpura, Kamorta and Shakti celebrated the International Yoga Day in the South China region with the theme 'Across the Oceans'. (Source: Ministry of Defence)

#InternationalDayofYoga Stunning & Graceful: Indian Navy personnel on the expansive deck of INS Viraat. (Source: Twitter @SpokespersonMoD)

Army personnel practice Yoga at Northern Command on the eve of Yoga Day in Ladakh on Saturday. (Source: PTI Photo)

Army personnel at a Yoga Session on the eve of International Yoga Day at Siachen Glacier on Saturday. (Source: PTI Photo)

An arena in Ahmedabad is all set for the people to mark their attendance to the World Yoga Day event. (Source: Express photo by Javed Raja)

Education and cultural affairs minister Vinod Tawde and MLA parag Alavani at a Yoga workshop organised at municipal school in Vile Parle, Mumbai on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Vasant Prabhu)

SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya with ther staff at SBI Bhawan, Nariman Point, Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Dilip Kagda)

Participants doing yoga asanas at CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Opp Centre One Mall Vashi, Navi Mumbai as the world marks first International Yoga Day on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo by Vasant Prabhu)

700 Women police constables from police training school performing yoga at Yeshwant stadium, Nagpur on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express photo)

Yoga trainer Chandrikaben Kansara (left) teaches yoga to a Muslim woman in a garden as a part of World Yoga Day in Ahmadabad on Sunday, June 21. (Source: AP photo)

An Indian Muslim woman and a man perform yoga at a garden to participate in International Day of Yoga in Ahmadabad on Sunday, June 21. (Source: AP photo)

School students participate in the Yoga Day celebrations in Vadodara on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Locals register for the yoga event at a venue in Karelibaug in Vadodara on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Vadodara MLAs Jitendra Sukhadia, Yogesh Patel, Rajendra Trivedi and Manisha Vakil try a Yoga aasan on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Vadodara government officials and elected representatives join the Yoga celebration on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Gujarat cabinet minister Saurabh Patel performs a yoga aasan during Internation Yoga Day event on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Enthusiasts and yoga professionals performed yoga in fishing trawlers lined in River Narmada near the Golden Bridge in Bharuch on Sunday morning. (Source: Express Photo)

Around 5000 N.C.C. cadets(from different school an college) performed Yoga on the occasion of International Day of Yoga , at brigade parade ground (Maidan), back drop of iconic Victoria Memorial Kolkata , on Sunday 21 June 2015,organised by N.C.C. directorate of West Bengal and Sikkim. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

NCC students performing yoga on International Day of Yoga in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

NCC students during International Yoga Day at govt. College in Maler Kotla, Sangrur, on Sunday, June 21, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

A participant wearing t-shirt that says "Keep Calm and Do Yoga' performs some asana during the International Yoga Day event at Jain College in Maler Kotla, Sangrur. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Instructor goes with the CD provide by the govt. during the class of NCC students on International Yoga Day at Govt. College in MalerKotla on Sunday, June 21, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Mumbai Trainee Police participate during Yoga at the inauguration of the International Yoga day, at Marine Drive, in Mumbai on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Yoga enthusiasts perform Yoga at the inauguration of the International Yoga day, at Marine Drive, in Mumbai on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Members of Yogic Sangha celebrates International Day of Yoga at Kolkata Maidan (Brigade Parade Ground) on Sunday in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

Malaysians participates in a yoga exercise during the International Day of Yoga festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday, June 21, 2015. (Source: AP photo)

A Malaysian boy is seen playing during the International Day of Yoga festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday, June 21, 2015.

Afghans and foreigners attend yoga classes a day ahead of International Yoga Day, at the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 20, 2015. (Source: AP photo)

Participants in Colombia perform yoga to mark the first International Day of Yoga.

Enthusiastic participants perform yoga in Colombo on International Day of Yoga.

Yoga participants in Colombo,

It's a Yoga Dawn in Fiji, one of the first to celebrate the First International #InternationalYogaDay. (Source: Twitter @MEAIndia)