In Pictures: The Annual Kanwar Yatra
INDIA, July 25, 2022 (Outlook India): The Kanwar Yatra is an annual Hindu pilgrimage when devotees of Shiva travel to Haridwar in Uttarakhand and other sites to carry holy water of River Ganga. A large number of pilgrims, called Kanwariya, cover the distance on foot. They carry the water in containers and dispense it at major Shiva temples, such as…