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Modi Leads 3 Lakh Participants in International Yoga Day Event to Promote Planetary Health

By targeting a Guinness World Record, the Visakhapatnam gathering highlighted yoga’s power to connect individual health with planetary well-being.

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On Yoga Day in Tokyo, Japan PM’s wife performed yoga alongside diplomats and 2,000 attendees.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Modi led a mass yoga session of over 3 lakh people along a 28 km corridor in Visakhapatnam under the theme “Yoga for One Earth, One Health.”
  • The gathering joined parallel celebrations in over 175 countries and aimed to double the previous Guinness record for the largest single-location yoga lesson.
  • Military personnel on the Siachen Glacier and aboard naval ships joined yoga alongside President Droupadi Murmu and Union ministers in major cities.
  • Modi urged adoption of “Yoga for Humanity 2.0,” describing the practice as a pause button for global peace and inner well-being.
  • Andhra Pradesh achieved two Guinness World Records with 3.03 lakh participants at one site and 22,122 tribal students completing 108 Surya Namaskars in 108 minutes.