In Pictures: Tracing the annual Kanwar Yatra
The Kanwar Yatra is one of India's biggest pilgrimages, occurring during the Hindu month of 'savan'. Pilgrims travel to holy sites such as Haridwar and carry a 'kanwar', a bamboo pole with urns containing water from the river Ganga, as an offering to Shiva temples back home. Around 2 crore people made the journey between Haridwar and Delhi in 2016. 