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Written By: Agencies | Published : June 22, 2015 10:09 AM IST
The first International Yoga Day at Rajpath saw two Guinness World Records being set - for the largest number of participants in a yoga lesson at a single venue and for the most number of nationalities in a yoga lesson. Read: International Yoga Day 2015: PM Narendra Modi s Rajpath event live updates
An official statement said that in the first category, for the largest number of participants in a yoga lesson at a single venue, the earlier record was 29,973. The congregation at Rajpath on Sunday was 35,985, breaking the previous record. Read: International Yoga Day 2015: More than 200 million people to participate in International Yoga Day
The second category was the most number of nationalities in a yoga lesson. To achieve this, participants from at least 50 countries were required to perform. Today, participants from 84 countries performed yoga at Rajpath, the statement said. Read: International Yoga Day 2015: How the world celebrated yoga (in pics)
The awards were received by Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik from representatives of Guinness World Records -- Victoria from Britain and Marco Frigatti from Italy.
Source: IANS
Image source: India.com
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