Yoga Day Event in Surat Sets Guinness World Record

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Category : Important Days Published on: June 26 2023

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A new Guinness world record was set on the occasion of the Yoga Day event organised in Surat city of Gujarat, for the largest gathering for a yoga session at one place with 1.53 lakh people joining the programme.
Representatives of the Guinness World Records have confirmed that 1.53 lakh people participated in the Yoga session in Surat.
The participants were given wristbands with QR codes for accurate counting.
The QR code data confirmed the participation of 1.53 lakh people surpassing the previous record.
The last world record was set in 2018 in Kota city of Rajasthan, when 1,00,984 people participated in a Yoga Day session in one place.

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Yoga Day Event in Surat Sets Guinness World Record