From Siachen to South China Sea and from Dorjila (Sikkim) to Darbha (Chhattisgarh), Indian army men, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) men and CRPF men on Sunday ensured that the enthusiasm of International Yoga Day, as visible on Rajpath, reverberated in every nook and corner of India. Nearly 300,000 soldiers from the armed forces and the paramilitary participated in the mega event. While yoga sessions were carried out by Army units across the country, including Kargil and Ladakh, similar camps were conducted across naval installations. The Indian Navy declared “Yoga across the Oceans” as its theme for the first International Yoga Day and yoga sessions were conducted onboard all naval ships deployed from the South China Sea in the east to the Mediterranean Sea. The IAF too carried out yoga sessions.
While Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Admiral R K Dhowan participated in the celebrations at Rajpath, defence minister Manohar Parrikar was in Meerut for the celebrations.
