Yoga demonstration and celebrations will also take place at 75 Iconic sites across India

The International Day of Yoga on Tuesday will see crores of people perform yoga in 16 different time zones, from Fiji to San Francisco, along with the rise of the sun.

The main event of the 8th edition of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2022 will be held at Mysuru Palace in Mysuru, Karnataka.

While over 15,000 participants are expected to perform yoga along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru, nearly 25 crore people are set to participate in various IDY 2022 programs being organized in India and the world, the Ministry of AAYUSH said on Monday.

The theme of this year’s International Day of Yoga is ‘Yoga for Humanity'.

This year International Day of Yoga 2022 will see many firsts, the ‘Guardian ring’, yoga demonstration by Union cabinet ministers at 75 iconic locations in India and a special digital yoga & static exhibition in Mysuru Dussera Grounds, Mysuru.

In the Guardian Ring program, yoga demonstration will be streamed live as and when the people perform yoga in 16 different time zones along with the rise of the sun. Starting from Fiji in the east, it will move westward and end in San Francisco.

As a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Yoga demonstration and celebrations will take place at 75 Iconic sites across India. Union and state Ministers of Government of India with take part in Yoga demonstration organized at 75 locations, the Ministry of AAYUSH said.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said it will celebrate International Day of Yoga by organizing a massive Yoga demonstration of more than 2,000 people at the Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh. The event will be inaugurated and led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia.

The stage is also set for the celebration of International Yoga Day at the Statue Of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat.

The United Nations General Assembly had decided in 2014 to declare June 21 as the International Day of Yoga (IDY).