New Delhi, March 4 -- Rishikesh facilitates the International Yoga Festival from March 1 to March 7, which saw almost 400 members partaking in the occasion on the first day.

Yog Guru Kapil Sanghvi conducted the morning yoga with a large number of attendee edifying sessions on pranayama (breath control works out). However, Usha Mata held a "session on Iyengar Yoga."

It is a seven-day International Yoga Festival which will close on March 7. Subodh Uniyal launched the celebration, Agriculture Minister Narendra Giri, head of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP), and Yogpeeth Balkrishna Chairman of Patanjali in Rishikesh on Monday. The festival is organized in collaboration with Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) and Uttarakhand Tourism Dev...