Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the 'Shiv Samagam' programme organized in Haridwar on Tuesday. On this occasion, he also released the book The Eternal Lord Great Shiva Temples of Uttarakhand, prepared by the Haridwar District Administration based on various Shi
In view of the increasing crowd of Kanwariyas, the NH-58 Dehradun-Delhi highway has been completely closed from Monday, July 29 to August 2. The roads on both sides of the highway have been reserved for Kanwariyas.
The accident occurred near Deori village on National Highway 44 under the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines police station in the district at around 5 am on Monday, the police said.
As the ongoing Kanwar Yatra reaches its peak, the Haridwar district administration remains vigilant, closely monitoring the Kavad route and kanwariyas through CCTV cameras and drones.
According to City Superintendent of Police (SP) Satyanarayan Prajapati, the mentally unstable individual had waved a stick towards a Kanwariya, following which a group of Kanwariyas beat him up.
Alleging the mismanagement of the Kanwar Yatra he said, "The arrangements for Kanwar camps would have started a month earlier but due to the arbitrariness of the Aam Aadmi Party, the month of Shravan has started but till now tents have not been installed in most of the Kanwar camps. If tents
In a significant update, the Supreme Court has put a stay on the directive issued by the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, which mandated eateries along the Kanwariya Yatra route to display the owners' names.
The month of Sawan is famous for the Kanwar Yatra; devotees bring Ganga Jal and offer it to Lord Shiva on the day of Shivratri. Savan Shivratri falls in the month of July or August every year.
Kanwariyas on Saturday began the 'Kanwar Yatra' from Uttarakhand's Haridwar and Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on foot to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva, as the auspicious month of 'Sawan' will begin on July 22.
The revered Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, has made special arrangements for the darshan of devotees and kanwariyas on the first Monday of Shravan this year, which falls on July 22.