International Yoga Day: People from different parts of India celebrate occasion

On the occasion of the seventh International Yoga Day, people from different parts of India celebrated amid COVID-19 pandemic. Around 3,000 people gathered at the iconic Times Square in New York on Sunday and celebrated the day-long yoga festival with the theme of 'Solstice in Times Square 2021.'

Updated on: Jun 21, 2021 9:46 AM IST

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In India, yoga instructors, wrestlers, sadhus practised yoga asanas to mark the day and embrace it. Here are pictures from across India of people performing different yoga asanas.

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A Yoga instructor practised yoga with her students for an event on Sunday in Hyderabad. (Noah Seelam/AFP)

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A group of young boys from Amritsar, Punjab made a formation with yoga poses on Sunday. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)

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A Yoga instructor practised at his studio on the eve of International Yoga Day in Kathmandu on Sunday. (AFP)

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Two girls performed yoga near the Taj Mahal ahead of International Yoga Day on Sunday. (PTI)

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A man was spotted practising 'The Bow Pose' at Nehru Park, New Delhi on the eve of International Yoga Day on Sunday. (ANI)

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A holy man performed a difficult yoga pose in Prayagraj, Allahabad on Sunday. (ANI)

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Ahead of International Yoga Day, sand artist Manas Sahoo created a sand sculpture as yoga enthusiasts struck a yoga pose in Puri on Sunday. (PTI)

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Yoga teacher Ram Kishor Soni along with his students performed yoga at a Natural waterfall along the banks of river Narmada on Sunday, in Jabalpur. (ANI)

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A group of happy and healthy women performed yoga at Band Stand, Bandra on Sunday. (Vijay Bate/Hindustan Times)

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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture ahead of International Yoga Day, in Puri on Sunday. (PTI)

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Wrestlers in an akhada performed yoga on Sunday at Sarfabad village, Noida. (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times)