Yoga has become a cultural connection that connects individuals from different continents, while the annual celebrations of International Yoga Day evolving in a global phenomenon. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “yuj” and means “join” or “yoke”. It is the way to positive changes in the body and mind.
After he came to power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea of an international yoga day at the UN General Assembly. The United Nations acknowledged its universal appeal and declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day of Resolution 69/131.
This year he imagines the 11th International Yoga Day and PM Modi led the celebrations from Visakhapatnam.
Here’s a look at how Mr. Modi celebrated International Yoga Day between 2015 and 2025:
2015: Rajpath (Kartavya Path)
Thousands of participants perform yoga during mass yoga in Rajpath on International Yoga Day 2015. Photo Credit: PTI
A massive yoga demonstration took place on Rajpath and Mr. Modi called it “Jogphath”. With the exception of “Vrikshasana”, he followed the entire protocol of the normal yoga protocol, which was compiled for a record attempt at Rajpath to mark the world’s first international yoga day.
“Yoga for Harmony and Peace” was the slogan of the first international day of yoga.
2016: Chandigarh
More than 30,000 people took place during the event that took place in the Capitol complex. File | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar
Modi led the second International Yoga Day in Chandigarh and built an ancient Indian discipline as a viable solution for countries with low health budgets. More than 30,000 people were attended by a 45 -minute yoga in the Capitol complex.
2017: Lucknow
Massive exercises and demonstrations of yoga took place all over the country and in the world of the third day of yoga, when Mr. Modi led from Lucknow. Mr. Modi, who addressed the huge assembly in Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan, said: “Traditional practice has now become part of every person’s life.”
2018: Dehradun
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries out yoga together with thousands of others during the mass yoga event 4. | Photo Credit: PTI
Mr. Modi performed yoga with more than 50,000 enthusiasts in the campus Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun and said that ancient Indian discipline became a “strong unifying” force in a world of destroyed dispute. “Dehradun to Dublin, Shanghai to Chicago, Jakart to Johannesburg, the Himalayan Highlands or the Sun of the Desert, Yoga enriches millions of lives around the world,” he said.
2019: Ranchi
India celebrated the Fifth International Yoga Day 21 June 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with other ministers and key leaders of BJP, led the yoga demonstration, attended by thousands of citizens in Prabhat Tara Ground in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
2020: At Home Celebrations in the middle of Covid-19
With regard to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Yoga 202 Day was celebrated on the digital media platforms and there were no mass rally. The theme was “Yoga at home and yoga with the family”. In his nearly 15 -minute address, Mr. Modi said that because of the pandemic, the world felt more yoga need than ever. “If our immunity is strong, it is very helpful in the defeat of this disease. To increase immunity there are several methods in yoga, different” asanas “are there. These” asanas “are such that they increase the strength of the body and strengthen our metabolism,” he said.
2021: Yoga “Ray of Hope” in the middle of Covid-19
Mr. Modi described yoga as a “beam of hope” and a source of strength in the middle of the coronavir pandemic in 2021. In cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), he also spoke about the application of M-Yog. This app contains videos about yoga training based on a common yoga protocol and is available in different languages.
2022: Mysuru
International Yoga Day led by Prime Minister Narendra Modim at Mysuru Palace. | Photo Credit: Ma Sriram
Yoga brings peace to our universe, said Mr. Modi when he led the main event of International Yoga Day against the background of the Mysuru iconic Palace. Thousands of people joined the Prime Minister in a demonstration of mass yoga. “All this universe begins from our own body and soul. The universe begins from us,” he said.
2023: UN headquarters
During the 9th International Day of Yoga celebrations at the UN headquarters in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows yoga with others. | Photo Credit: PTI
The Yoga Modied celebration at the UN headquarters in New York has made a world record in Guinness for the participation of people of most nationalities. The best UN officials, diplomats and prominent personalities participated in the historical event.
2024: Srinagar
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries out yoga during celebrations of the 10th International Yoga Day in Srinagar. | Photo Credit: PTI
When he deals with the 10th International Yoga Day at the Sher-I-Kashmir International Congress Center in Srinagar (Sketch), with Lake in the Background, PM said that those who practice Yoga Modi also said that 100 institutes in India and 10 major foreign institutes were recognized by the Yoga certification council established by the Ministry of Ayush.
2025: Visakhapatnam
View of participants attending Yoga International Day celebrations along Beach Road in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: Kr Deepak
The Prime Minister led the 11th International Day of Yoga celebrations and took part in the yoga at the event in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Prime Minister said on this year’s international yoga day, “Yoga for one country, One Health”, he said he expressed the basic truth: the well -being of all life on Earth is interconnected.
International Yoga Day 2025 – in pictures
The girl plays yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day, on her terrace near Taj Mahal, Agra, 21 June 2025.
Air view of participants attending Yoga International Days along Beach Road in Visakhapatnam 21.
People perform yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day in the middle of the Yamuna River in New Delhi 21. June 2025
Rex High High School students performing yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day in Udhagamandalam 21 June 2025.
Border Security Force (BSF), along with their family members and others participates in yoga session to mark the International Yoga Day on the Attari-Wagah border in the Amritsar district, June 21, 2025.
Border Security Force Jawans perform yoga to indicate the international yoga day. In December 2014, the United Nations (UN) organized June 21 on the International Yoga Day after the adoption of the resolution proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modim.
People play yoga to designate International Yoga Day at Skicc Bnaks of Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Lok Sabha Om Birla speaker with deputies and other dignitaries performs yoga during the “Shivir Yoga” organized on the International Yoga Day, in the parliamentary complex in Nový Delhi, June 21, 2025.
Students participate in yoga, organized on the designation of International Yoga Day in Shimle
More than 22,000 tribal students who participated in “Yogandho”, mass yoga sessions aimed at determining the Guinness record, Andr University Engineering College Grounds in Visakhapatnam on June 20, 2025, as a prelude to the international Joga Day celebrations.
89 -year -old actor Dharndra with actress Ekta Jain performs yoga during the International Yoga Day in Mumbai 21. June 2025.
Student performs yoga on the designation of International Yoga Day at Sketch Bnaks of Dal Lake in Srinagar
Foreign participants showing yoga asanas during the Yoga International Day celebrations along Beach Road in Visakhapatnam 21. June 2025 participated in this event.
BJP leaders perform yoga to designate International Yoga Day at Clock Tower Lalchowk in Srinagar
Border Security Force Jawans perform yoga to designate International Yoga Day in the BSF Huham campus in Srinagar 21 June 2025.
People play yoga on the occasion of the international Yoga Day celebrations at the Indira Gandhi city stadium in Vijayawada 21 June 2025.
The Minister of the Interior of the Union AMIT Shah took part in the Yoga International Day celebrations in Ahmedabad 21 June 2025.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh with the Chief of the General Staff of Ubendra Dwivedi and other Indian Army staff perform yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Udhampur base in J&K.
Actor Mohanlal, who participated in a yoga session held on the international yoga day in Nedumbassery, Kochi 21 June 2025.
International Yoga 2025 Day was celebrated at Indian Coast Guard dist. HQ No. 4 (Kerala & Mahe) in Fort Kochi in cooperation with Kochi Cultural Heritage & Tourism Society and Brahmakumaris Foundation. More than 300 people participated.
Governor Tamil Nadu RN Ravi performs yoga on the occasion of the 11th International Day of Yoga, with more than 10,000 students in Madurai 21 June 2025.
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He attracted himself for the global community and suggested that “this day of yoga meant the beginning of yoga for humanity 2.0, where internal peace becomes a global policy.”
