New Delhi, May 26 -- Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said that when India hosts the Commonwealth Games 2030, Yogasana will also be given a place in it as an indigenous sport.

Mandaviya said this in the national capital on the sidelines of the launch of the first World Yogasana Championship from June 4 to 8.

"When the Commonwealth Games are organised in India in 2030, Yogasana will also be given a place in it as an indigenous sport," Mandaviya told the reporters.

"The First World Yogasana Sports Championship is being organised in Ahmedabad from June 4 to June 8. This is the first World Championship. More than 75 countries from around the world will participate in it. More than 500 athletes will take part in it... Yoga...