rishikesh the second day of the threedaylong music festival along the ganga in rishikesh witnessed an array of activities and contests including painting sketching origami and a heritage walk on saturdaylokesh ohri convenor of the event told toi we are receiving an overwhelming response to the festival the turnout is beyond our expectations people are appreciating the music performances as we are experimenting with a lot of genres other activities are also recording a good participationhe added on saturday we held a discussion on ways to keep the ganga clean several people floated ingenious but practical ideas to maintain the cleanliness of the holy river the aim of this festival is to spread awareness on environmental conversationsmeanwhile a tourist from the netherlands tamara who goes by her first name told toi i got to know about the festival through a billboard i am happy that i decided to come here there is a lot of positivity here i also enjoyed the cultural performances its nice to see such a good turnout despite the cold weatherthe event that commenced on december 3 is being organised by the indian national trust for art and cultural heritage uttarakhand and citizen group been there doon that with the support of namami gange