A huge number of individuals are because of take part in a mass yoga program in the Indian capital, Delhi, on the first ever International Yoga Day.
Security is tight in the city with a great many police and paramilitary sent for Sunday morning's occasion.
A huge number of bright tangles have been laid out on Rajpath - King's Avenue - where the headliner will be held.
PM Narendra Modi will be at the festivals, however authorities say, he won't be doing any yoga there.
Mr Modi, a yoga devotee who says he rehearses the old Indian workmanship every day, campaigned the United Nations to proclaim 21 June International Yoga Day.
On ice sheet and adrift
Powers say more than 35,000 officials, warriors and understudies will perform yoga soon after day break for 35 minutes on Rajpath, went for setting another Guinness World Record for the biggest yoga class at a solitary venue.
A huge number of others are relied upon to do yoga at comparative occasions arranged in several Indian urban areas and towns.
Yoga will likewise be performed on Siachen ice sheet and the high oceans, the protection service has said.
The day will likewise be commended far and wide and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj says "many millions" will do yoga on Sunday.
Ms Swaraj herself will be in New York where she will go to the festivals with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. In Times Square, 30,000 individuals are relied upon to do yoga.
Yet, the day, being charged as one to advance "congruity and peace", has hit a questionable note with some Muslim associations saying yoga is basically a Hindu religious practice and is against Islam.
Numerous others say Mr Modi's Hindu patriot government has a motivation in advancing the old Indian discipline. In any case, the powers deny the charge - they say investment in the yoga day is not required and reports that Muslims are against yoga are overstated.
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