About 7,000 performers entertained 60,000 spectators inside the stadium as Buddhist monks shared the stage with musicians from across the country wearing white sarongs, horned headgear and turbans.
India's President Pratibha Patil and Britain's Prince Charles declared the games open during a three-hour celebration at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, while Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' composer A.R. Rahman sang the official games song and the theme tune from the movie. A giant helium-filled balloon with mirrors and lights lifted a huge image of Indian freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi into the air.
The balloon rose from the center of the stadium as the opening ceremony began, lifting huge Rajasthani puppets into the air. The names and flags of competing nations rolled along its sides as the athletes entered, many dressed in traditional clothing from Scottish kilts to African gowns. South Africa's team blew vuvuzelas, the plastic horns that accompanied every soccer match in this year's World Cup.
Gold-clad yoga practitioners twisted limbs while men played electric-blue sitars. Bollywood extravagance and the bustle of Indian village life gave way to solemnity as a march during Mahatma Gandhi's challenge to British colonial rule was created from sand.
Watch the Yoga at the Commonwealth Games
Why not try our Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class,every Wednesday 6.30-8.00pm,St.Helens United Reform Church
Cost £7. We now have 10 men in this group, so come on Men have ago.Read More
Benefits Of Yoga
•Build core strength and stability
•Increasing lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons
•Massaging of all Organs of the Body
•Complete Detoxification
•Improve posture and alignment
•Increase flexibility
•Improve muscular balance and strength
•Increase endurance and muscular tone
•Prevent injury
•Enhance athletic performance
•Relieve stress and back pain
•Improve balance and coordination
•Heighten body awareness
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