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There has been a huge turnout at Capitol Complex of Chandigarh despite early thundershowers.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-06-21 03:13 GMT
Nearly 30,000 yoga enthusiasts celebrate the second International Day of Yoga with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Capitol Complex amid tight security. (Twitter/PIB
Students of Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre and Bangladesh Yoga Association performing yoga asanas in Dhaka. (Photo: Twitter)
After performing Yoga, the Prime Minister mingled with the people at the event, some of whom even took selfies with him. He also met handicapped participants during the event. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
I want to request trainers, who are associated with yoga, from this public platform. From next year when we celebrate yoga day, in this one year, you continue to do what you do for yoga but focus on one subject and this is my subject -- diabetes, Diabetes and yoga, says Modi. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu doing Yoga in Vijayawada. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)
Narendra Modi addressed thousands of people gathered in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning on the second International Day of Yoga. (Photo: ANI/PIB)
This day was picked because in many parts of the world June 21 is the longest day. This is the day when the Earth is closest to the Sun. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
Yoga is not for getting something, yoga is about what we can give up. It is a path of liberation, not attainment, Modi said during Yoga event in Chandigarh. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
At this moment, in every corner of the world, people have joined this programme of Yoga. And all countries of the world have joined this programme according to their time the UN is celebrating International Day of Yoga all over the world, says Modi. v(Photo: Twitter/PIB)
Indian Navy personnel doing Yoga on board the INS Airavat. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
The Yoga event at Capitol Complex in Chandigarh was attended by defence forces, ITBP personnel, Panjab University students, yoga foundations, school children and a select few from yoga orientation training camps. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya performing Yoga in Hyderabad. (Photo: ANI)
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani doing Yoga in Bhopal. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)
President Pranab Mukherjee kicked off the second International Yoga Day Celebrations at Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu participating in a programme to mark the second Internation Yoga Day in the national capital with Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is leading the World Yoga Day programmes in Lucknow. The emphasis this year was on participation of Divyangs, the nomenclature coined by Modi for differently-abled, youths and people from economically weaker sections. (Twitter/ANI)
There has been a huge turnout at Capitol Complex of Chandigarh despite early thundershowers.

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