Residents in southern India teamed up at a communal space to practice socially distant yoga - with umbrellas.

Footage shows practitioners in Villupuram municipality in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, bending their bodies as they perform yoga with umbrellas.

The umbrella creates a safe social distance between the performers amidst the coronavirus crisis.

The footage was captured on May 5.

The residents of Madurai Villapuram team up at social space to display their unusual Yoga exercise with umbrella.

The footage shows the performers bending their bodies as they perform yoga while an umbrella is placed at the hands of each.

The Umbrella creates a safe social distance between the performers amidst the coronavirus crisis.

The intelligent idea was pitched by the Madurai district collector Vinay.

Among the performers, two international recipients of yoga training identified as Azharuddin and Salman Khan took part and taught some amazing body bending and Yoga techniques to the residents.