International Day Of Yoga celebrations began across the nation on Tuesday, as various states were seen holding yoga sessions, where people turned out in large numbers to practice the ancient Indian discipline.
Scroll down to see some of the big names who decided to roll out the yoga mat:
Thousands in Rajasthan joined Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia in celebrating the power of Yoga.Photograph: Vasundhara Raje/Twitter
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurating the commemoration of the 2nd International Day of Yoga at Rashtrapati Bhavan.Photograph: PIB Photo
Board of Control for Cricket in India Chief Anurag Thakur and Harbhajan Singh do Yoga in Dharamsala. Photograph: ANI
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba does Yoga in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI
BJP leader Shaina NC and actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan do Yoga in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel joins Yoga Day celebration at Ahmedabad. Photograph: ANI
US Ambassador Richard Rahul Verma does Yoga at the US Embassy in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh along with MoS for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal perform yoga. Photograph: PTI Photo
Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation (independent charge) and External Affairs, General V K Singh (retd) performs Yoga along with other participants at Elliots Beach, Chennai. Photograph: PTI Photo
