(21 Jun 2025)
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Batu Caves Temple, Kuala Lumpur – 21 June 2025
1. Participants performing yoga movements during Yoga Day session
2. Various of people sitting in a yoga pose
3. Various of participants performing yoga movements
4. Various of yoga instructors on stage guiding participants
5. Various of participants performing yoga movements
6. Various of Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Bahvesh N. Reddy participating
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bahvesh N. Reddy, Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia:
“We believe that as you can see from the theme this year – ‘yoga for one earth, one health’ – it is to create awareness among the people of the world, about the benefits of yoga, for physical wellbeing as well as the mental wellbeing.”
8. Participants doing yoga poses
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lee Ann, 30, yoga participant:
“I don’t really do yoga but I am just coming here today for the Yoga Day, so it has been really good and relaxing for the mind and body and soul.”
10. Wide of yoga participants in square near Hindu statue
11. Sign reading (English): “11th International Day of Yoga, Yoga for One Earth, One Health"
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Thivagar Raj, 27, yoga participant:
“I am also a beginner for the first time joining this yoga. What I believe here, yoga is important for everyone, so relaxing your mind, especially on these stressful days as well. So relax. So yeah, everyone should join and participate in yoga.”
13. Various of statue of Hindu deity Lord Murugan
STORYLINE:
Colourful yoga mats lined the grounds at an iconic limestone cave temple in Malaysia on Saturday, as more than 1,000 yoga enthusiasts participated in a bend-and-stretch session to celebrate International Yoga Day.
The annual event at the Batu Caves, a popular tourist attraction and site of Hindu festivals on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, was organized by the High Commission of India.
Flanked by a giant golden statue of a Hindu God and rainbow-colored steps leading to the temple cave, yogis of all ages including children performed a series of seated and standing poses against breathtaking views.
Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Bahvesh N. Reddy said that this event is to create awareness among people about the benefits of Yoga.
Meanwhile many first time Yoga enthusiasts took the opportunity to attend this event.
Twenty-seven-year-old Thivagar Raj from Kuala Lumpur said that yoga is important to help relax the mind.
Since its proposal and subsequent United Nations adoption in 2014, annual events known as International Day of Yoga is celebrated on the 21st of June each year.
AP Video shot by Syawalludin Zain
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