RISHIKESH, March 18 -- Drum beats vibrated through the sacred Yoga Gardens as world famous percussionist Sivamani and Soulful Sufi Singer Runa Rizvi sang Holi songs as delegates from more than 90 nations danced in ecstasy at the International Yoga Festival, here, as Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President of Parmarth Niketan, and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Director of International Yoga Festival, applied pure sandalwood paste as tilak on the foreheads of all the participants, on the final day of the annual International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan, here, which is organised with the support of Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, in association with the Union Ministry of Culture and Ministry of AYUSH.

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