Kanwar Yatra

Kanwar Yatra 2023: Delhi Traffic Police issues advisory; check route diversions

Kanwar Yatra 2023 will begin from today i.e., 04 July and will conclude on August 15 after the holy water of River Ganges will be offered to Lord Shiva

Kanwar Yatra: UP govt bans sale of meat in open, issues directive to install CCTVs on routes

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to prohibit sale of meat in the open along the routes fixed for Kanwar Yatra, which will commence from 4 July.

Kanwar Yatra: Devotees asked to bring ID cards, keep 'kanwars' smaller to avoid accidents

Limiting the height of kanwars to less than 12 feet was necessary due to 100 per cent electrification of the railway tracks in Uttarakhand. Bringing higher kanwars with totally electrified railway tracks could be risky, an official said

Kanwar Yatra: Six detained for throwing dirty water on pilgrims

Dispute erupted in the Cantonment police station area over playing of DJ music by kanwar pilgrims. It is alleged that people of other community threw dirty water on the kanwariyas from their roof, following which the pilgrims staged protests

Army man killed during Kanwar Yatra: Why the pilgrimage is often marred by violence

An Army jawan being killed during the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar is a reminder that the annual pilgrimage is marked by violence and confrontation. In 2018 too, there were similar incidents where devotees clashed with the public

WATCH: Uttar Pradesh officials shower flower petals on Kanwariyas from helicopter

Earlier on Monday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath undertook an aerial survey of the ongoing Kanwar Yatra in western part of the state

Kanwar Yatra: Will do yatra till end of my life, says devotee from MP

The 110-km trek from Sultanganj to Deoghar (earlier in Bihar) immerses devotees both in pain and pleasure, many of whom get ulcers in their feet, but still go on and complete the auspicious yatra they had chosen to set out on

Traffic crawls in central Delhi due to Congress protest, waterlogging

Congress on Wednesday said its leaders will march towards the ED office and protest outside the Raj Bhawan here against the agency's questioning of party president Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald money-laundering case

Uttarakhand: Meat shops ordered to remain shut, liquor stores covered from outside on Kanwar yatra route

DM Vinay Shankar Pandey said that about 4 crore Kanwar yatris expected to visit Haridwar on the holy month of Sawan

Delhi Police advisory: Relocate blacksmiths from Kanwar yatra routes as they eat non-veg

The advisory issued by the Delhi Police's Special Branch to district police suggested that the blacksmiths should either be "relocated" or the routes for the yatra be charted in such a manner that they do not come on the way