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Today is observed as International Day of Yoga. More than one lakh people took part in the Yoga Day event in Surat and created a new Guinness World record for the largest gathering of people for a yoga session at one place.
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel joined the International Day of Yoga celebration in Dumas area of Surat. He stated that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who made yoga popular throughout the world. He also stated that yoga and pranayam were helpful to people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Totally, around 1.25 crore people participated in the Yoga Day celebration at 72,000 venues in the state of Gujarat. The events were held in 75 iconic places to mark the country’s 75 years of independence and also in villages, towns, cities, colleges, schools, health centres, public places, gardens etc.
The Chief Minister announced that 21 ‘Yoga Studios’ would be opened to further popularise yoga and that the state Yog Board has trained 5,000 instructors so far.
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