Kanwar Yatra
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The Kanwar Yātrā is an annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias or "Bhole", to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri (Uttarakhand) and Ajgaibinath Temple in Sultanganj, Bhagalpur (Bihar) in order to fetch holy waters of Ganges River. Millions of pilgrims fetch sacred water from river Ganga and carry on their shoulders for hundreds of miles to offer it in their local Shiva shrines, or specific temples such as Pura Mahadeva temple in Baghpat and Augharnath temple in Meerut, Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Baidyanath temple in Deoghar, etc.
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Kanwar Yatra: SC directs eateries to display only license & registration info; refuses to interfere in QR code rowThe Supreme Court has instructed dhaba and restaurant owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to adhere to Uttar Pradesh's mandate of displaying license and registration information. This directive follows..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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'India's heritage insulted': CM Yogi Adityanath bats for Kanwar Yatris; slams 'media trial'Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath defended the Kanwar Yatra, denouncing the 'media trials' that portray pilgrims as 'hooligans' and 'terrorists'. He lauded the Yatra's social unity, transcending caste..IndiaTimes - Published | |
What is Kanwar Yatra, how did it begin? Lord Shiva gulped poison, then THIS happened...During the Kanwar Yatra, the Shiva devotees take water from the holy Ganges River in Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in the state of Uttarakhand. They take water from Indore, Dewas and Shujalpur in..DNA - Published | |
Supreme Court seeks UP's response to pleas against QR code in eateriesThe Supreme Court has requested a response from the Uttar Pradesh government regarding petitions challenging its directive for eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes. These codes..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Kanwar Yatra diktat: Supreme Court issues notice to UP govt; row over asking eateries to display names of ownersIndiaTimes - Published | |
Kanwar yatra: Plea in Supreme Court against UP's QR code order for eateriesA petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against Uttar Pradesh government. The petition challenges the directive for shopkeepers to display QR codes at eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route...IndiaTimes - Published | |
Kanwar Yatra 2025: Traffic Police issues advisory, Avoid THESE roads in Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, check redirected routesAuthorities have started the preparations ahead of the Kanwar Yatra, which is scheduled to commence from July 11, where pilgrims and shiva devotees will travel to get Gangajal to Haridwar, in the month..DNA - Published | |
'No leniency should be shown to those attempting to create disorder during Kanwar Yatra': UP CM Yogi instructs officialsUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted an aerial survey of the Kanwar Yatra route, emphasizing seamless arrangements and devotee security. He instructed officials to maintain the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'CO, SDM ko lagao pair dabane ke liye': Akhilesh Yadav mocks Yogi government over Kanwar Yatra row; says name display order to hide incompetenceAkhilesh Yadav criticised the Uttar Pradesh government's handling of the Kanwar Yatra, suggesting officials should focus on providing food and health services to pilgrims. He mocked the directive for..IndiaTimes - Published | |
‘Spit Jihad’ must not recur: Uttarakhand CM Dhami issues strict orders ahead of Kanwar Yatra; food hygiene under scannerIndiaTimes - Published | |
‘Kanwar yatra symbol of unity, attacks won’t be tolerated’: VHP warns ahead of pilgrimageVishwa Hindu Parishad issued a warning regarding potential attacks on Kanwariyas during the upcoming Kanwar Yatra. VHP emphasized the Yatra's significance for national unity. The organisation also..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Kanwar Yatra: Schools to remain closed in Ghaziabad, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Haridwar till...The closure is due to the large number of devotees expected for the Kanwar YatraDNA - Published | Ghaziabad schools shut for 5 days from today due to...To ensure the smooth conduct of the Kanwar Yatra, the movement of small and light vehicles has been entirely banned.DNA - Published |
DNA TV Show: Masjid Mazar covered on Kanwar Yatra routeThe sheets of cloth were removed by the district administration by the evening following objections, including by locals and politicians.DNA - Published | Kanwar Yatra and the freedom of the sheepThe petition had argued that this would generate communal tension and was aimed at creating a socially enforced economic boycott of Muslim shop owners.DNA - Published |
Kanwar Yatra nameplate row: SC stays order, issues notice to UP, UttarakhandKanwar Yatra nameplate row: SC stays order, issues notice to UP, UttarakhandDNA - Published | Budget Session begins today: INDIA bloc set to corner Modi govt in Parliament on NEET-UG, Agniveer, Kanwar Yatra ruleThe three-week session will feature Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting her seventh consecutive budget for the year 2024-25DNA - Published |
Kanwar Yatra eateries row: SC to hear plea against UP govt order todayA bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti is likely to hear the plea filed by NGO Association of Protection of Civil Rights.DNA - Published | After UP's Kanwar Yatra row, Ujjain civic body asks shop owners to display namesUjjain Mayor Mukesh Tatwal said violators must pay a Rs 2,000 penalty for the first offence and Rs 5,000 if they repeat the violation of this order for the second time.DNA - Published |
DNA TV Show: UP government enforces ID display for all shops in state along Kanwar Yatra routeIn an effort to maintain the purity of the faith of Kanwar pilgrims, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday mandated that all the eateries, restaurants along the Kanwar Yatra route..DNA - Published | 'Action will be taken against...': UP CM Yogi Adityanath issues new order for eateries on Kanwar Yatra routesEarlier, the Muzaffarnagar Police had urged all eateries along the Kanwar route to 'voluntarily display' the names of their owners and employees, adding that the intention of this order is not to..DNA - Published |
'Voluntarily display names...intention...:' UP Police on eatery owners' names at Kanwar YatraAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday and likened the significant move to "apartheid" in South Africa and "judenboycott" in Hitler's Germany.DNA - Published | |
