NEW DELHI: A Yog Geet (Song) sung by Gandhar T D Jadhav and Gatha Jadhav was released by AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik to mark the second International Yoga Day on 21 June 2016,

This song is of three minutes and 15 seconds duration in Hindi and has been written and produced by Deeraj Saraswat. The music has been composed by Sumanto Ray.

A national level competition had been announced for selection of a Yog Geet by the ministry. About one thousand entries were received.

Based on the criteria laid down by the Ministry for selection of song and considering the relevance of the song, the Committee constituted for the selection of the Yog geet short-listed 19 songs, which was further referred to the Committee of Yoga Experts constituted for the celebration of International Day of Yoga 2016 under the chairmanship of Dr H R Nagendra.

The song was chosen based on the better lyrics.The music arranger is Saurabh Bhonjal and backup Vocals by Santosh Kshatriya and Sumanto Ray.