From ice-capped Siachen, the highest battlefield in the world, to the warships in the contentious South China Sea, Indian armed forces today joined the International Yoga Day celebrations.   

Top defence officers led by Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy's Admiral R K Dhowan were present at the Rajpath doing yoga where Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a mega event to mark the day.   

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in Meerut for the yoga day celebrations. But perhaps the show-stealer were the soldiers doing yoga in full gear on the Siachen Glacier at aheight of 18,800 feet above sea level.    Dressed in their special weather clothing, the soldiers practised yoga while sitting on mats placed over the snow.   

At 7 am, the temperature at Siachen was -4 degree Celsius. Yoga sessions were also carried out by the army in various units across the country including Kargil, Ladakh.