Kanwar Yatra Cancelled In Uttar Pradesh After Supreme Court Intervention The Kanwar Yatra has been cancelled by the Kanwar Sanghs on the appeal of the Uttar Pradesh government, said a senior official
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The annual Kanwar Yatra has been cancelled in Uttar Pradesh a day after the Supreme Court said it can’t be allowed.
A senior UP government official said on Saturday night that the Yatra will not held this year.
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The annual Kanwar Yatra in Uttar Pradesh has been cancelled, a senior government official said tonight. The development comes a day after the Supreme Court said it could not allow the UP Government “to hold 100 per cent physical Kanwar Yatra in view of Covid,” stressing all sentiments, including religious, were subservient to right to life.
“The yatra has been cancelled by the Kanwar Sanghs on an appeal issued by the state government,” Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal. The yatra was scheduled to start on July 25.
The Uttarakhand Government has already called off the yatra, citing fears of a possible third wave of the pandemic. The yatra that goes on till the first week of August sees thousands of Shiva devotees called ‘kanwariyas’ travelling mostly on foot from neighbouring states, including UP, Haryana and Delhi, to collect water from the Ganges in Haridwar.
VHP s international joint general secretary, Surendra Jain (Photo/ANI)
VHP urges UP, Uttarakhand to rethink cancelling Kanwar Yatra, calls for allowing pilgrimage with COVID protocols ANI | Updated: Jul 18, 2021 10:18 IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Reacting to the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government s decision of cancelling Kanwar Yatra due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Vishwa Hindu Parishad s (VHP) international joint general secretary Surendra Jain on Sunday urged the two state governments to rethink their decision and allow the religious pilgrimage with coronavirus restrictions. Kanwar Yatra is a very important religious yatra for Hindus that ties the country in unity. COVID-19 protocols should be followed but it is not right to ban the yatra. It is my appeal to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to rethink their decision and allow the yatra. However, limiting it by the implementation of COVID-19 protocols, Jain s
VHP urges UP, Uttarakhand to rethink cancelling Kanwar Yatra, says allow pilgrimage with COVID protocols
Reacting to the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government s decision of cancelling Kanwar Yatra due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Vishwa Hindu Parishad s (VHP) international joint general secretary Surendra Jain on Sunday urged the two state governments to rethink their decision and allow the religious pilgrimage with coronavirus restrictions. Kanwar Yatra is a very important religious yatra for Hindus that ties the country in unity. COVID-19 protocols should be followed but it is not right to ban the yatra. It is my appeal to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to rethink their decision and allow the yatra. However, limiting it by the implementation of COVID-19 protocols, Jain said.
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