In pictures and videos: India celebrates International Yoga Day amid Covid pandemic

PM Narendra Modi led the celebrations of the International Yoga Day 2021 on Monday as he said that yoga has become a source of inner strength as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic. This is how the country is celebrating the seventh edition of Int’l Yoga Day, the theme of which is 'Yoga For Wellness'.

The seventh edition of the International Yoga Day kicked off on Monday with people across the world taking part in yoga events to mark the day. Doctors have used Yoga as armour to treat patients. There are pictures of hospitals, with doctors, nurses teaching Yoga performing breathing exercises like Anulom Vilom Pryma. International experts have said that these exercises strengthen the breathing system: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/QI0gwmwT9d Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) performs Yoga alongside Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, on the occasion of #InternationalYogaDay pic.twitter.com/lmWaQduxtR Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan performs Yoga at Maharaja Agrasen Park, on #InternationalDayOfYoga pic.twitter.com/YPH6HaFT6X Maharashtra: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari performs Yoga in Nagpur on #InternationalDayOfYoga pic.twitter.com/l4LNjIUIMN Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in celebrating the occasion of the 7th International Yoga Day whose theme this year is 'Yoga For Wellness'. Addressing the programme in New Delhi, PM Modi said yoga remains a "ray of hope" as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic.On the occasion, PM Modi also said the world is now going to get the power of M-Yoga application, which will have many videos of yoga training based on Common Yoga Protocol available in different languages of the world. LIVE UPDATES HERE