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In Pics: Early Yoga Day Celebrations From Around the World

21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.

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In the build up to the second International Yoga Day, people around the world joined in early celebrations on Saturday and Sunday.

21 June is the official date, and in 2015, people from 84 nations participated in the event.

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China

The celebrations were held at Wuxi Hollywood Studios in the southern Jiangsu province of China. Nearly 3,500 yoga lovers from Wuxi participated in the event.

21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Practising yoga on colourful mats. (Photo: AP)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
People sitting in a padmasana. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Sitting in perfect alignment for yoga. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)
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Malaysia

Malaysians participate in a yoga gathering ahead of the International Yoga Day in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday.

21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Park full of Indians at the event. (Photo: AP)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Malaysian Indian girl performs yoga at the event. (Photo: AP)
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Pakistan

People practice Yoga at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad ahead of the International Yoga Day.

21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
People following asanas with a yoga instructor (Photo: Twitter @IndiainPakistan)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
People practicing with an instructor. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
People practicing with an instructor. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)
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Australia

Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia held the yoga day celebrations on Sunday, as part of the Bondi Winter Magic Festival.

21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Participants on Bondi Beach. (Photo: AP)
21 June is the International Yoga day for which preparations and celebrations are underway.
Camels join in the celebration. (Photo: AP)
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Ireland

Around 400 people gathered in Dartmouth park in Dublin to mark the beginning of the Yoga day celebrations.

The event was organised by the Indian Embassy in Ireland with Yoga Therapy Ireland and other organisations.

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