Thousands of people woke up early on Tuesday morning to perform Yoga with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the North Indian city of Lucknow. "Yoga that unifies the mind, body and soul, is now playing an important role in bringing the world together," Modi told the crowd before the hour-long yoga session. Scattered showers across North India did not deter participants from rolling out their mats to perform a coordinated, mass display of yoga exercises to mark the third United Nations International Yoga Day.

2017-06-21 14:51 GMT+8

By Zhou Yiqiu

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