Rishikesh: Thousands of yoga practitioners, yogis and curious people gathered at Parmath Niketan to participate International Yoga Festival 2024
- The International Yoga Festival will be officially inaugurated on March 9 in the presence of the Honorable Governor of Uttarakhand, Lieutenant General (Retd) Gurmeet Singh in the presence of diplomats, dignitaries and revered saints.
- International Yoga Festival 2024 begins at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh
- More than 1200 yoga practitioners, seekers and yogis from 75 countries registered
- Yoga Mahotsav Everyone’s Mahotsav…Divyang and all able-bodied people will do yoga and meditation
- Special yoga presentation will be for disabled people
- A divine journey connecting Yoga, Ayurveda, Millets, culture of Uttarakhand, Himalayas and Ganga.
- Padma Shree Kailash Kher and the magic of Kailash Band will perform
- Beginning with the divine festival of Shivratri and ending with the celebration of Holi.
- Amazing philosophy of spirituality and Indian culture
- Divine journey of delivering millets to every home
- Organization of a special session with renowned yoga gurus for global peace and ceasefire.
- Special meditation and prayer organized for world peace at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram
- On Thursday, Swami Chidananda Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagwati was present during press conference
Rishikesh: The International Yoga Festival is being organized with great pomp at Parmarth Niketan. The International Yoga Festival is being organized by Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh in collaboration with Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. . The International Yoga Festival will be officially inaugurated on March 9 in the presence of Governor of Uttarakhand, Lieutenant General (Retd) Gurmeet Singh in the presence of diplomats, dignitaries and revered saints.
President of Parmarth Niketan, Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Director of International Yoga Festival, Sadhvi Bhagwati Saraswati and the global Parmarth family, Yoga seekers, participants and Yogacharyas from many countries of the world, at the holy banks of Mother Ganga, Parmarth Niketan, in the global capital of Yoga, Rishikesh. Let’s congratulate. Every year in Parmarth Niketan, along with the ancient styles of Yoga, many new styles are also included so that the Yoga Mahotsav becomes even more rich, transformative and life uplifting than in previous years.
This year, 75 nations of the world including India, Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland. , Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden , Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain etc. participants from many countries are participating.
Yogacharyas from 25 countries of the world Maria Alejandra Avcharyan, Tommy Rosen, Nikhil Mahajan (Satyananda), Stewart Gilchrist, Astrid Slagten, Joseph Schmidlin, Sanae Yamamoto, Bijay Anand, Daphne Tse, Erica Kaufman, Ganesh Rao, Jai Hari Singh, Katie B. . Happy, Mohan Bhandari, Ramkumar Kutty, Rohini Manohar, Sandeep Desai, Sandra Barnes, Sanj Hall, Sudhanshu Sharma, Alan Elsid, Anand Mehrotra, Eden Goldman, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Gurnimit Singh, Gurushabd Singh Khalsa, Ira Trivedi, Luke Coutinho, M.C. Yogi (Nicholas), Paula Tapia, Simon Glode, Smita Naram, Sri Vishwaketu, Claire Missingham, James Cassidy, HS Arun, Vishwambhar Sheth, Ganga Nandini, Krishnapriya, Kamala and Jhanvi, Ashish Gilhotra, Gil Ron Shama, Indu Sharma, Eshwar Basavareddy , KC Jain, Kia Miller, Lalita Shivani, Mansi Gulati, Nishi Bhatt, Padma Raju, Radhika Nagrath, Sean Corn, Subodh Tiwari Yogiraj Swami Jayant Saraswati is dedicated to connecting yoga enthusiasts with the roots and values of yoga through his unique styles.
During the Yoga Festival, participants will receive over 150 classes a week including Kundalini Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Sound Healing, Pranayama Vinyasa, Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Suryanamaskar with Chakra Meditation, Chakra Healing with Mantra and Meditation, 5 Fundamental Yoga Flows, Kundalini Tantra Yoga, Universal Breath and Fabonacci Sequence, Music Therapy, Jivamukti Yoga, Vinyasakram Yoga, Chakra Yoga, Yoga Darshana, Connective Healing, Vedic Astrology, Nada Yoga, Nada Yoga, Traditional Hatha Yoga etc. Practice of various genres will be given. Along with this, other genres like energy dance, Bharatanatyam, folk dance artist, kirtan, mantra recitation, flute playing, harmonium and guitar, singing on Tanpura, Indian classical music singing, Naad Yogini etc. will also be practiced. Famous spiritual Singer Padmashree Kailash Kher and Kailash Band, Sufi singer Runa Rizvi, drummer Shivmani etc. other artists will give their amazing performances. On the auspicious occasion of Shivratri, meditation and Rudrabhishek of ‘One World, One Family’ and ‘One Consciousness, One Divine Soul’ have been organized.
The International Yoga Festival held at Parmarth Niketan has been featured in Time Magazine, NY Times, CNN and many other prestigious publications. The program was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through live video conferencing in 2017 and personally inaugurated by Hon’ble former Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu in 2018. This year during the Mahotsav, Governor of Uttarakhand Gurmeet Singh, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union Ministers of Tourism, Culture and AYUSH along with Honorable Ambassadors, Diplomats and other eminent dignitaries are expected to attend the Mahotsav.
