June 21: The Embassy of India, Washington DC celebrated the 8th International Day of Yoga on Saturday, June 18th, at the Washington Monument, with the theme “Yoga for Humanity”. The Director of the US National Science Foundation, Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, was Guest of Honor at the event, which was also attended by the Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
All the five Consulates of India in the US – New York, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, and San Francisco, are also holding various programs to mark the International Day of Yoga this week. These include events at the Times Square in New York, Niagara Falls, Golden Gate National Park in San Francisco, California Museum, Sacramento, Crown Point Park in San Diego, Newtown Park in Atlanta, Grant Park in Chicago, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial of North Texas in Dallas, Discovery Green in Houston and River Walk in San Antonio.
Read the full press release with photographs from the event, here.