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- International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on 21 June.
- It is celebrated to recognize the various benefits of yoga and to promote yoga as part of life.
- This year, the tenth International Day of Yoga has been celebrated across the world.
- The theme of the International Yoga Day 2024 is “Yoga for Self and Society.”
- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on 11 December 2014 to mark 21 June as the International Day of Yoga.
- 21st June was selected as Yoga day because the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere and is of great significance for many people in the world.
- The day was first celebrated in 2015 with the theme “Harmony and Peace”.
- Yoga is an ancient practice that not only deals with physical and mental health but also emotional and spiritual health.
- Yoga has been declared the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.
- 2024 International Yoga Day was celebrated by PM Narendra Modi on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
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