International Yoga Day, India and a probable Guinness World Record

#InternationalYogaDay #UN4Yoga #GuinnessWorldRecord #Rajpath Designating the 21st of June as the International Yoga Day by the United Nations was a feather in the cap of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and, efforts to celebrate it in a befitting manner in India and enter the portals of the Guinness Book of World Records would be the icing on the cake.
On the occasion, reps of Guinness Book and Ernst & Young auditors are likely to be present during the 35-minute demonstration and, the record could be assigned to only one category even though three categories had been proposed.
This has been reported in dnaindia.com dated 4 June 2015.

The Ayush ministry had approached the Guinness Book on three counts – (i) maximum number of people performing yoga at a single venue, (ii) maximum number of people from different nationalities doing yoga at the same time and (iii) maximum number of people doing yoga at the same time across India.
Guinness has rejected the second and third proposals since it would be difficult to assess the number of people doing yoga across the country or in different countries.
The venue would be on the Rajpath in New Delhi and people from all walks of life are expected to join in the event – the presence of celebrities of the silver screen and politicians would make for an interesting photo ops session. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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