The main event of International Yoga Day on June 21 this year will be held in Ranchi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending it, official sources said.
It will be the government's first mega public event after Modi became prime minister for a second term.
Five cities -- Delhi, Shimla, Mysore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi -- were shortlisted by the Ayush ministry and were sent to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for final selection.
"The PMO finalised Ranchi as the venue for the main function of International Yoga Day to be held on June 21," an official sources said.
A senior AYUSH ministry official said, "We have already started the preparations and the event will be organised in a large scale."
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