• Indian people take part in a mass yoga session to mark the International Yoga Day at Umaid stadium in Jodhpur. AFP
    Indian people take part in a mass yoga session to mark the International Yoga Day at Umaid stadium in Jodhpur. AFP
  • People are reflected on a soap bubble lying on a road during an evening in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
    People are reflected on a soap bubble lying on a road during an evening in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
  • A boy runs next to women trying to shield themselves from a dust storm at a shopping arcade in Chandigarh. Ajay Verma / Reuters
    A boy runs next to women trying to shield themselves from a dust storm at a shopping arcade in Chandigarh. Ajay Verma / Reuters
  • A worker dries Seviiyan (thin vermicelli) which is used for the preparation of 'sheerkhorma', a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan, at a food factory in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
    A worker dries Seviiyan (thin vermicelli) which is used for the preparation of 'sheerkhorma', a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan, at a food factory in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
  • Thousands of participants perform yoga on Rajpath in New Delhi. Vijay Kumar / AFP
    Thousands of participants perform yoga on Rajpath in New Delhi. Vijay Kumar / AFP
  • Kashmiri Muslim women pray at a mosque in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
    Kashmiri Muslim women pray at a mosque in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • A Sadhu or Hindu holy man performs yoga on the steps of Saubhagya Kund, a holy pond, at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
    A Sadhu or Hindu holy man performs yoga on the steps of Saubhagya Kund, a holy pond, at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
  • Bollywood actress and yoga practitioner Shilpa Shetty performs different yoga postures at a mass yoga session, during the first International Yoga Day, in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    Bollywood actress and yoga practitioner Shilpa Shetty performs different yoga postures at a mass yoga session, during the first International Yoga Day, in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
  • A Kashmiri Muslim man rests before having his Iftar (breaking of fast) inside Kashmir's grand mosque (Jamia Masjid) during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A Kashmiri Muslim man rests before having his Iftar (breaking of fast) inside Kashmir's grand mosque (Jamia Masjid) during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters

Inside India: June 25, 2015

James O’Hara

June 25, 2015

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