In Pics | India celebrates International Yoga Day 2023 with pride

More than 100,000 people joined the yoga session in Gujarat's Surat along with CM Bhupendra Patel. The event set a new Guinness World Record for the largest yoga session gathering in one place, said Gujarat Minister Harsh Sanghavi as quoted by PTI.

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The image shows people participating in a yoga session held at Lodhi Garden, New Delhi. According to reports, yoga sessions were conducted at more than two dozen locations in the capital.

India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel participated in a yoga event at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post near Amritsar to celebrate the occasion of International Yoga Day 2023.

President Droupadi Murmu also participated in and performed yoga at Rashtrapati Bhawan to celebrate the ninth International Yoga Day. She said that yoga is "India’s great gift to the rest of the world", as reported by ANI.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh joined Indian Navy personnel on board India's indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to practice yoga. The minister said that celebrating yoga internationally is a matter of pride for India.

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These images show yoga sessions happening in Srinagar and Hyderabad where National Cadet Corps members participated. Yoga is a practice that brings together people of various cultural, religious, and geographical dimensions together.

Yoga sessions took place at various locations in Mumbai, including Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Hotel. Practitioners participated in yoga sessions at various locations in India to celebrate International Yoga Day and acknowledge the significance of yoga in our lives.