International Yoga Day Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday led the International Yoga Day celebrations from Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam and said that "Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, backgrounds, age or ability".
"Let this Yoga Day mark the beginning of Yoga for humanity 2.0, where inner peace becomes global policy," he said at the event to mark the 11th International Yoga Day, which is being celebrated across the world with the theme of "Yoga for One Earth, One Health".
The mega event is being held along a 26-kilometre stretch from Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam to Bhogapuram where about 5 lakh people are participating.
On Friday, the Andhra Government claimed that more than 2 crore people will participate in Yoga events across the state, with a goal of setting multiple records, including one recognised by Guinness World Records.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also attending the Yoga event, participating at the iconic Adalaj Vav stepwell near Ahmedabad.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur for International Day of Yoga celebrations.
Yoga, an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India, derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite.
The International Yoga Day is being celebrated across the world since 2015, proposed by India at the UN.
