Police deployment over major traffic intersections, showing how major traffic comes to standstill during movement of Kanwarias in Ghaziabad (HT Photo/Sakib Ali)
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Dudheshwarnath temple where lakhs of Kanwarias arrive each day in Ghaziabad. (HT Photo/Sakib Ali)
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Kanwarias or devotees of Shiva pick up their Ganga water carriers at NH 58 in Ghaziabad. (HT Photo/Sakib Ali)
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Kanwarias or devotees of Shiva pick up their Ganga water carriers at NH 58 in Ghaziabad. (HT Photo/Sakib Ali)
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The movement of traffic was slow due to kanwarias at ITO Bridge in New Delhi, India. (HT Photo/Sushil Kumar)
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Devotees known as Kanwarias carry the holy water which they collect from the holy River Ganges, on their way to different Hindu temples in their hometowns to offer the holy water to the idol of Lord Shiva in Noida, India. (HT Photo/Burhaan Kinu)
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Devotees known as Kanwarias carry the holy water which they collect from the holy River Ganges, on their way to different Hindu temples in their hometowns to offer the holy water to the idol of Lord Shiva in Noida, India. (HT Photo/Burhaan Kinu)
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Devotees known as Kanwarias carry the holy water which they collect from the holy River Ganges, on their way to different Hindu temples in their hometowns to offer the holy water to the idol of Lord Shiva in Noida, India. (HT Photo/Burhaan Kinu)
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Devotees known as Kanwarias carry the holy water which they collect from the holy River Ganges, on their way to different Hindu temples in their hometowns to offer the holy water to the idol of Lord Shiva in Noida, India. (HT Photo/Burhaan Kinu)
