RISHIKESH, INDIA, March 6, 2007: The annual International Yoga Festival, organized jointly by the Uttrakhand Tourism and Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, is taking place from March 1- 7, and was officially inaugurated in a beautiful ceremony performed the hands of the Honorable Governor of Uttrakhand, H.E. Shri Sudarshan Agarwal. This years’ festival includes almost 350 delegates from 38 countries across the world, including Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Korea, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA and many more. During the one week festival, the participants are learning the nectar of: kundalini yoga, Iyengar yoga, meditation, pranayama, kriya yoga, yoga nidra, nada yoga, reiki and more. The participants are blessed also with the presence, satsang and divine words of revered saints and spiritual masters, including H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji (President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan), H.H. Pujya Sri Shankaracharyaji, Bhanpura Peeth, Swami Divyanand Teerthji and H.H. Pujya Swami Veda Bharatiji.
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