Keeping the spirit alive which the Prime Minister of India kindled last year by getting June 21 declared as International Yoga Day by United Nations, Parmarth Niketan of Rishikesh is all set to launch series of yoga festivals in the coming weeks in different countries starting from Turkey. This was announced by the director of International Yog Mahotsav Parmarth Niketan Sadhwi Bhagwati on Friday.
Sadhwi Bhagwati said, “In tune to the International Yoga Day of June 21, several yoga festivals would be started in various countries like Turkey, Japan, Russia and others. In Turkish Yoga festival, yoga enthusiasts from neighbouring countris aside from the host country would participate.” She further added that for the past 28 years, Parmarth Niketan of Rishikesh has been organising yoga festivals in Rishikesh. Expanding its ambit, the ashram would now hold Japanese, Russian, Italian, Chinese yoga festivals across the world.”
It is the aim of Parmarth Niketan that the countries of the world must benefit from this yogic science scripted and perfected by the sages of yore of India, said Bhagwati.
Head of Parmarth Niketan and founder of Ganga Action Parivar, Chidanand Saraswati said, “The yoga mahotsav would carry forward the goal envisioned by the Prime minister Narendra Modi. Yoga not only helps keep oneself fit physically but also balances the emotional and psychic bodies of a person. To give the multi-faceted benefits of yoga to the world, these yoga fests are being organised, he added.