Yoga Day event in Surat has set new Guinness World Record: Gujarat minister Harsh Sanghavi

A total of 1.25 crore people took part in the Yoga Day celebration at 72,000 venues across Gujarat

Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on June 21 said the Yoga Day event in Surat had set a “new Guinness World Record” for the largest gathering of people for a yoga session in one place. More than one lakh people took part in the event, Mr. Sanghavi said.

The previous record reportedly dates back to 2018, when 100,984 people attended a session held at Patanjali Yogapeeth in Kota, Rajasthan.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel joined the State-level ‘International Day of Yoga’ celebration in Dumas area of Surat. In all, 1.25 crore people took part in the Yoga Day celebration at 72,000 venues in the State, Mr. Patel said in his address before the commencement of the Yoga Day session.

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“The Yoga Day event in Surat has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people for a yoga session at one place,” Mr. Sanghavi said on the occasion.

Mr. Patel said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has popularised yoga across the world. “We witnessed how yoga and pranayama helped people during the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.

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