{"id":2172,"date":"2015-02-25T23:58:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:45:12","slug":"soon-to-come-the-yoga-festival-in-rishikesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2015\/02\/25\/soon-to-come-the-yoga-festival-in-rishikesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon to come: The Yoga Festival in Rishikesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the 1st till 7th of March the annual, and by now 16th, International Yoga festival takes place in Rishikesh. As usual, it will be hosted by Parmath Niketan Ashram at the holy banks of mother Ganga, presenting an array of Indian and Western yoga professionals from\u00a0yoga teachers to saints, meditators and spiritual leaders alike. <!--more-->Based on the origins of yoga, the festivals aims to present all aspects of yoga, from asana classes of many different lineages to kirtan, fire aarti at the river and satsang with revered spiritual beings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2174\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2015\/02\/25\/soon-to-come-the-yoga-festival-in-rishikesh\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"YogaFestival 2015 by parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yogafestival-2015-by-parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh.jpg\" alt=\"Yoga Festival 2015 by parmath-niketan-ashram-rishikesh\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parmath Niketan in Rishikesh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the presenters are H.H. Pujya Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerth,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Swami M.M. Asanganand Saraswati,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Swami Dayananda,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Mooji,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Prem Baba,\u00a0H.H. Pujya Radhanath Swami,\u00a0Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena,\u00a0Padmashri Bharat Bhushan,\u00a0Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa,\u00a0Sadhvi Abha Saraswati,\u00a0Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati,\u00a0Rujuta Diwekar,\u00a0H.S. Arun,\u00a0Deepika Mehta,\u00a0Laura Plumb,\u00a0Janet Attwood,\u00a0Kia Miller,\u00a0Tommy Rosen,\u00a0Gurushabd Singh Khalsa,\u00a0Jules Febre,\u00a0Hikaru Hashimoto,\u00a0Bharath Shetty,\u00a0Brian Siddhartha Ingle,\u00a0Mohan Bhandari,\u00a0Yogiraj Vishwapal Jayant,\u00a0Anand Mehrotra,\u00a0David Wei,\u00a0Maa Gyaan Suveera,\u00a0Erica Kaufman,\u00a0Yuva Dayalan,\u00a0T.A. Krishnan,\u00a0Anandra George,\u00a0Sukhmandir,\u00a0Chandanni Miglino,\u00a0Mark Robberds, Komilla Sutton,\u00a0Bhavini Kalan,\u00a0Dr. Urvashi Inamdar and more, combining the ancient wisdom of the East with the West. The schedule is filled with activities available from 4 am until 9:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>To attend the festival you can either stay at Parmath Niketan and book an all-week pass or get a weekly non-residential pass, which includes all classes and meals. Prices range between 400 &#8211; 600$. Other than that there are daily passes for 60$ and a special Seva Celebration for the International Women&#8217;s Day on March, 8th, which can be attended by donation.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the festival:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalyogafestival.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.internationalyogafestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalyogafestival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalyogafestival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information on the Seva:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sevacelebration.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sevacelebration.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you can\u00b4t attend this time, we\u00b4ll be present at the festival covering the event, so come back here, to read all about it!<\/p>\n<p>Your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yoga.in\/\">yoga.in<\/a>\u00a0team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the 1st till 7th of March the annual, and by now 16th, International Yoga festival takes place in Rishikesh. 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