In a spectacular celebration of the 11th International Day of Yoga, Visakhapatnam hosted the main national event on Saturday, drawing over 3.01 lakh participants to RK Beach. The mega event, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, set a new Guinness World Record for the largest yoga gathering at a single venue, surpassing the previous record of 1.47 lakh participants set in Surat in 2023.
The event spanned a 28-km stretch from RK Beach to Bhogapuram and saw the participation of key dignitaries, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, and several central and state ministers.
The celebration marked the culmination of the month-long ‘Yogandhra’ campaign, which engaged a staggering 2.17 crore people across Andhra Pradesh. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from a wide cross-section of society—political leaders, bureaucrats, professionals, students, senior citizens, youth, women, and children—all united by yoga’s universal appeal.
Notably, 11,000 personnel from the Indian Navy and their families joined the session, while the Eastern Naval Command also conducted parallel yoga events aboard ships anchored off Visakhapatnam’s coast.
To ensure smooth coordination, authorities established 326 designated compartments for synchronized performance of yoga asanas. These were systematically managed through 607 Urban Secretariats and additional teams from rural secretariats.
A day prior to the main event, Visakhapatnam also hosted another record-breaking event—a mass Surya Namaskar session featuring 22,122 tribal students, which earned a separate Guinness certificate.
After the main event, representatives from the Guinness World Records handed over official certificates to ministers Nara Lokesh and Satya Kumar, acknowledging both record-breaking achievements.
Minister Nara Lokesh expressed immense satisfaction at the event’s success, describing it as a gift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a triumph for the people of Andhra Pradesh. He credited the widespread awareness and enthusiastic public response fostered by the Yogandhra campaign for the record-breaking turnout, and said the Prime Minister’s words of appreciation have further strengthened his resolve and responsibilities.
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