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Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya and actor and fitness icon Akshay Kumar will join 3000 participants in a mass yoga session on the 12th International Day of Yoga at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The theme of this year IDY is “Yoga for Healthy Ageing.”
The event will be celebrated nationwide by the Sports Ministry through coordinated yoga sessions at all Sports Authority of India Regional Centres, National Centres of Excellence, SAI Training Centres and Khelo India institutions, with more than 15,000 participants expected to take part nationwide.
Events will also be simultaneously held by the National Sports Federations, the State Sports Departments, Sports Universities, and more, marking the coming of the entire sports ecosystem together to take yoga forward.
The celebration will also bring together athletes, students, senior citizens, fitness enthusiasts, yoga practitioners and families in a collective demonstration of the transformative power of yoga.
The global celebrations of the 12th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21 is expected to witness participation from millions of people across more than 180 countries.
