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From Bihar, an example: A Kanwar Yatra that empowers women, and doesn't threaten
August 12, 2025 5:49 pm
Bihar's 'Bol Bam' isn't all perfect. But it's a place of safety, where women are freer. It is a yatra that confers self-esteem, without aggression
Kanwariyas have their right to choose. But eatery owners also have their right to privacy
July 23, 2025 5:43 pm
The names of the owners of these eateries are an inevitable marker of their caste and religious identities, and a mandate for the disclosure of these details by state action is violative of their fundamental right to privacy under Article 21
Kanwar yatra is not chaos. It is a radical act of equality and freedom
July 21, 2025 2:46 pm
Not only does it challenge everyday social norms, but also provides an arena for alternative social imaginations performed through language, symbols, gestures and attire
Why millions join the Kanwar Yatra: 3 books that decode the monsoon pilgrimage
July 28, 2025 11:15 am
These three books offer a multifaceted look into the Kanwar Yatra: its mythological origins, social dimensions and the deeply personal reasons behind its modern resurgence.
DJB issues instructions to ensure uninterrupted water supply at Kanwar camps
July 06, 2025 1:38 am
The order also mandated regular water quality checks
Muzaffarnagar police issue notices to 6 people over ‘forced Aadhaar, caste checks’ on Kanwar vendors
July 02, 2025 6:33 am
Six men, belonging to Chatrapati Shivaji Sena, summoned after video showing shopkeepers being coerced to prove their religion and caste goes viral
UP CM Adityanath tells kanwariyas to practise self-discipline: ‘No festival or sadhana is complete without self-discipline'
July 30, 2024 2:41 am
The CM’s remarks come in the wake of a string of incidents of violence involving kanwariyas
Two 'kanwariyas' dead, 14 injured as truck hits tractor-trolley in MP's Morena
July 29, 2024 10:28 am
A sizable number of personnel has been deployed at the site to ensure law and order, the additional SP informed.
More traffic curbs in Ghaziabad as inflow of Kanwariyas to increase from today
July 29, 2024 9:12 am
The Ghaziabad police issued several traffic restrictions for heavy vehicles keeping the routes Kanwariyas would take.
More traffic curbs in Ghaziabad a day after car hits kanwariyas
July 29, 2024 8:54 am
Traffic resumed after the police personnel pacified the kanwariyas and provided them holy Ganga water kept in reserve at a police station.
KANWARIYAS PHOTOS
Devotees throng Varanasi to worship Lord Shiva
August 12, 2015 5:51 pm
The Kanwar Yatra is performed by Shiva Devotees called Kanwariyas from Sultanganj to Devghar round the year.
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