From Ranchi to Russia: How Yoga Day fever has gripped the world

On December 11, 2014, the United Nations adopted an Indian-led resolution, declaring June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’ recognising that ‘Yoga provides a holistic approach to......

'I brought life into yoga, I made it very lively'

Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, the last of the legendary yoga gurus, passed into the ages on August 20, 2014. He would have turned 96 on December 14. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in......

Yoga has played big role in uniting the world: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led over 50,000 yoga enthusiasts in performing ‘asanas’ amid showers on the International Yoga Day as he underlined the importance of the......

Yoga is not a religious activity, embrace it: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday joined over 30,000 people in Chandigarh for the second International Yoga Day celebrations as he pitched for treating diseases like diabetes through the......