rishikesh the threedaylong rishikesh festival held along the ganga river concluded on sunday night with a special rendition of the kumaoni ramilalathe event which commenced on december 3 was organised by the indian national trust for art and cultural heritage intach uttarakhand along with the citizen group been there doon that with the support of the namami gange projectmany young artists from across the country performed at the eventaccording to organisers the festival aimed to promote the heritage of towns and cities along the river while also highlighting the cleanliness efforts being put in to preserve the gangathis is the first edition of the festival but we hope to have many more the crowd has been more than what we had expected said lokesh ohri convener intachorganisers said they didnt want to commercialise the festival but instead keep it accessible to the public who had free access to all events this timekirti singh a tourist from saharanpur told toi i like the lineup of the event the sufi music and heritage walks were very informative i also liked the cleanup drive i believe these events are important for creating awareness among people toward the conservation of gangathe threeday fest saw artists performing devotional music origami events painting jams heritage and nature walks cleanup drives by school students open music jams and sufi and folk music by rajasthani folk singers