National Mission for Clean Ganga has organized yoga sessions on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga. As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, 8th International Day of Yoga was organized at over 75 Ganga Ghats. International Day of Yoga was celebrated at Sarnath Deer Park where around 1200 people participated in the programme. Yoga sessions were also organized at Sahibganj, Aligarh, Varanasi, Bokaro, Khagaria Ganga Ghats. In addition, yoga programs were organized at CIFRI, Barrackpore and Prabhupada Ghat organized by ISKCON Mayapur. Yoga programs were organized in many cities including Badrinath, Gangotri on the occasion of International Yoga Day. A large number of people, including ministers, performed yoga. On the occasion of International Yoga Day, a yoga program was organized by the Department of AYUSH and AYUSH Education at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, in which Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated and performed yoga with thousands of people. After the declaration of the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, International Yoga Day is celebrated on 21 June every year since 2015. The theme of IDY 2022 is ‘Yoga for Humanity’ as it reflects how during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yoga served humanity in alleviating suffering.