21 June: International Yoga Day

• 23 Jun 2021

• International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 across the world.
• The idea of International Yoga Day was conceived by PM Modi, who proposed the concept on September 27, 2014, during his speech at the UN General Assembly.
• The United Nations General Assembly proposed on December 11 and established June 21 as "International Yoga Day."
• The date was assigned for the occasion as it is the longest day when the sun is out at its most compared to every other day of the year.
• It was observed for the first time in 2015.
• This year (2021), the theme is ‘Yoga for Wellness’.
• The Prime Minister of India in collaboration with the World Health Organisation launched a mYoga app that will be available worldwide having yoga training videos in different languages for people across the world and compliment India’s ‘One World, One Health’ motto’.
• The term 'yoga' is derived from Sanskrit word “Yuja” which means to unite representing the unification of body and consciousness.