NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — India will be celebrating International Yoga Day tomorrow with much fanfare.
The main event will take place in Chandigarh, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the International Yoga Day event.
More than 32,000 Yoga enthusiasts are expected to attend the event at the Le Corbusier-designed Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, the capital of the northern state of Punjab.
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In Delhi, an International Yoga Day event will be held along the Rajpath (central boulevard) where several ministers and parliamentarians will take part in the event. Apart from the Rajpath celebration, around 10,000 participants will also perform Yoga at various locations throughout Delhi.
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International Yoga Day celebrations have already started in various countries around the world.
PM Modi thanks the world for enthusiastic response to International Yoga Day
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Furthermore, ministers from the Modi government will lead International Yoga Day celebrations across the country. In Tamil Nadu, the government will run 104 medical helplines to answer yoga-related calls.
The following December, India and 177 co-sponsoring member states resolved to celebrate the event annually, and last year the first International Yoga Day was commemorated. The event is slated to occur on June 21 every year, approximately coinciding with the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in Earth's northern hemisphere.
The headquarters has been lit up for the Yoga Day celebrations, and delegates from around the world will take part in the celebrations.
