International Yoga Day 2018: Baba Ramdev leads 1.05 lakh yoga enthusiasts to create new Guinness World Record

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KOTA: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia and more than 1.05 lakhs yoga enthusiasts have made it to the Guinness Book of World Records on International Yoga Day 2018, by becoming the largest group to practice asanas together.

#Rajasthan: Around 1.05 lakh (still counting) people perform Yoga together in Kota to create a Guinness World Record on #InternationalYogaDay2018. Yoga guru Ramdev and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia present. pic.twitter.com/ytkVju79Kp

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2018

On International Yoga Day last year, Patanjali had created several world records that included longest Yoga Marathon running for 51 hours, the longest Sheershasan by three Patanjali Yog Peeth volunteers- Jaipal, Gopal Dangi and Mohan Shankar Rao Thakrey, etc.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led thousands of yoga enthusiasts in performing asanas in Uttarakhand`s Dehradun.

Marking the fourth International Yoga Day, the Prime Minister said yoga has become one of the biggest mass movements in the quest for good health and well-being. Along with the Prime Minister, around 50000 yoga enthusiasts kick-started India`s International Yoga Day celebrations at Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute.