New Delhi: Grand plans are afoot to relay the Eighth International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations across the world. It will be broadcast on Doordarshan (DD) India on June 21.

Called the ‘Guardian Ring’, the process will string together feed from different Indian missions across the world which, every year, organise exercise events on IDY. The relay will give momentum towards the Yoga Day celebrations planned in Mysuru where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be leading the mass demonstrations.

The live streaming will begin from Japan at 6 am local time and then move westward. As and when the sun rises, events from other countries shall also be streamed. The ‘Guardian Ring’ underlines the ‘One Sun, One Earth’ concept and showcases the unification power of yoga, Union Minister for AYUSH, Ports, Waterways and Shipping, Sarbananda Sonowal, said on Friday.

In the run-up to the IDY, ‘Yoga Utsavs’ will be organised at 75 iconic places across India as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Sonowal said, adding that around 25 crore people are expected to take part in these events. The Yoga Utsav will be organised at five archaeological sites — Sivasagar (Assam), Dholavira (Gujarat), Rakhigari (Haryana), Hastinapur (Uttar Pradesh) and Adichanallur (Tamil Nadu).