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India Teaches Yoga To The World On The International Yoga Day

Indian Paramilitary soldiers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) perform Yoga exercise in their camp on June 21, 2016, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Indian government forces perform yoga in their garrison on the International Yoga day, which means union in Sanskrit, is a family of ancient spiritual practices and also a school of spiritual thought from the South East Asian continent, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means of enlightenment. The ongoing conflict has taken a heavy toll on the mental health of the Indian armed forces prompting New Delhi to take slew of measures to control the stress among its forces. Yoga is one of the measure the Indian Defence Ministry has taken to reduce the stress of its forces battling militancy in Indian controlled Kashmir. India has close to a million soldiers posted in Kashmir, making the disputed Himalayan region one of the most militarized zones in the world (Photo by Yawar Nazir/NurPhoto)

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