NEW DELHI, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Day of Yoga (IDY) will be celebrated on June 21 out of Indian embassies' premises at iconic places across the globe like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, said a top Indian official.
The event will take place in 180 countries, at iconic locations including the Opera House in Sydney, Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia and Victoria Falls Bridge in Zimbabwe.
The main event will be held in Ranchi, the capital of India's eastern state of Jharkhand, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead around 30,000 Yoga enthusiasts.
The event is organised every year by India's Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy).
"Our missions abroad are planning to organise the celebrations at some of the most famous monuments internationally this time. The popularity of the day has increased the number of people's participation and the embassy premises would not have been able to accommodate everyone. So, the respective embassies collaborated and are making it possible," ministry secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said.
"Even though local organisations and individuals have been organising yoga events at prominent places world over, this is for the first time that India's missions abroad are making it happen," added Kotecha.
Each year, the day sees millions of people practicing common yoga protocol globally.
