Who: International Yoga Day celebration
Where: Rajpath
What: Helped India to create two Guinness World Records
When: 21 June 2015
Why: It saw particiaption of largest number of people from 84 nations
India by celebrating the first International Yoga Day in Rajpath, New Delhi created two Guinness World Records (GWRs) on 21 June 2015. The two records include participation of most individuals and individuals from the largest number of nationalities performing asanas at a single venue.
Around 36 thousand participants performed asanas and 84 nationalities joined the official observation of International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. The celebration at Rajpath was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who termed the venue as Yogpath.
192 countries celebrated the first International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015.