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Over 9.5 lakh NCC cadets performed yoga at 1,805 centres

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IANS New Delhi

Over nine and a half lakh cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), participated in the International Yoga Day on Sunday.

"The organisation created a record for the largest yoga performance with participation of 9,50,000 youth at 1,805 different venues, including Rajpath," the ministry of defence said in a statement here on Monday.

"The cadets performed yoga at places including Leh, Arunachal Pradesh, Kanyakumari and in the islands of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep," it said.

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First Published: Jun 22 2015 | 2:42 PM IST

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