Watch: Rajnath Singh participates in yoga session with Navy personnel

Watch: Rajnath Singh participates in yoga session with Navy personnel

Rajnath Singh’s participation in the yoga session came during his two-day visit to Karnataka.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh participated in a yoga session with Indian Navy personnel at Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka this morning.

Mr. Singh is on a two-day visit to Karnataka.

Meanwhile, preparations are underway for International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, which coincides with India’s ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations to mark 75 years of independence.

Several events have been planned to take the message of Yoga to a wider audience across the world.

A curtain-raising event was organized to mark the 100-day countdown of Yoga Day on March 13 and a 75-day countdown event was held at the Red Fort.

Earlier, AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had said that the day would be celebrated at 75 iconic places across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a mass yoga demonstration program in Mysore on June 21.