--- description: The holiday was proposed by India's Prime Minister. title: See Photos From the World's First International Day of Yoga image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740758770da47e03/6988558635ba6fe53cc0dd82/international-yoga-day-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Exercise & Fitness](/tag/exercisefitness/) ## Exercise & Fitness Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Photos From the World's First International Day of Yoga by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 21, 2015 8:54 PM CUT  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits on a mat as he performs yoga along with thousands of Indians on Rajpath, a boulevard in New Delhi, June 21, 2015. 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Harish Tyagi—EPA  An Indian girl, left, displays a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi painted on her face as another sports the logo of International Yoga Day in Bangalore, India, on June 21, 2015. Aijaz Rahi—AP  Afghan students perform yoga during the first International Yoga Day, at a private school in Kabul, on June 21, 2015. Massoud Hossaini—AP  Hundreds of people attend a yoga session under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on June 21, 2015, in a mass yoga session to mark the first International Yoga Day. Thomas Samson—AFP/Getty Images  A woman wearing a mask takes part in the International Yoga Day event in Seoul, South Korea, on June 21, 2015. Ed Jones—AFP/Getty Images  Participants attend the Yoga Fest to mark the International Day of Yoga at the Medeo skating rink in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 21, 2015. Shamil Zhumatov—Reuters  Chinese students from Geely University take part in a yoga workshop marking the International Day of Yoga at an event in Beijing sponsored by the Government of India on June 21, 2015. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  People practice yoga in Times Square as part of a Summer Solstice celebration on International Yoga Day in New York, on June 21, 2015. Eduardo Munoz—Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3929572/international-yoga-day-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3929572/international-yoga-day-photos/"},"headline":"See Photos From the World's First International Day of Yoga","datePublished":"2015-06-21T20:54:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:55.667Z","description":"The inaugural International Day of Yoga took place on Sunday months after the U.N. 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