In Pics: Early Yoga Day Celebrations From Around the World

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

Celebrations held at Wuxi Hollywood Studios in China. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)

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.

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.

Practising yoga on colourful mats. (Photo: AP)

People sitting in a padmasana. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)

Sitting in perfect alignment for yoga. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)

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.

Park full of Indians at the event. (Photo: AP)

Malaysian Indian girl performs yoga at the event. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan

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

People following asanas with a yoga instructor (Photo: Twitter @IndiainPakistan)

People practicing with an instructor. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)

People practicing with an instructor. (Photo: Twitter @ANI_news)

Australia

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

Participants on Bondi Beach. (Photo: AP)

Camels join in the celebration. (Photo: AP)

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.