Karnataka Guv, Health Minister lead yoga day celebrations in Bengaluru
They participated in a synchronised mass yoga demonstration held under the Union AYUSH Ministry's 'Yoga Sangam' initiative themed 'Yoga For One Earth, One Health'.
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