Yoga faithful turn up for exercise. Photo:AFP |
Narendra Modi, seen here in Lucknow, is said to practice yoga daily. PHOTO: EPA |
World oldest Yoga teacher, Tao Porchon-Lynch, 98, doing her thing. Photo: AFP |
How the third International Yoga Day was celebrated in over 100 countries.
Revellers celebrating the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge in England performed sun salutations. Photo: AFP |
Practitioners paying their Yoga dues. Photo: Photo |
Prison inmates – as seen here in Bhopal Central Jail – performed asanas. Photo: EPA |
Physical exercise drills used in military training in the early 20th century influenced what we recognise as yoga today. Photo: AFP |
The original yoga practitioners – religious holy men. Photo: EPA |
Interest in Indian spiritualism and yoga in the West soared during the 1960s. Photo: EPA |