UN headquarters lit up ahead of International Yoga Day

Washington, June 20 : The United Nations headquarters in New York has been lit up ahead of International Yoga Day that will be celebrated on June 21.
China and Pakistan were also seen celebrating the second International Day for Yoga yesterday.
The United Nations General Assembly declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga on December 11 in 2014 after a call from the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during his address to UN General Assembly on September 27.In China, the Consulate General of India in Shanghai along with Wuxi Municipal People’s Government on Sunday organised the second International Day of Yoga in Wuxi where nearly 3,500 yoga lovers registered and participated in the celebrations.The Indian Consulate General, also arranged a Chinese speaking Indian yoga teacher, who conducted the yoga session for nearly 1,000 practitioners based on the Common Yoga Protocol sent by the Department of AYUSH.