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Kanwar Yatra was never about violence, but sharing, caring and togetherness. It definitely was never a spectacle as it has become today
It is the holy month of Shravan and in north India Shiva devotees are undertaking the tough 'Kanwar Yatra', bringing the holy Ganga water in 'kanwars' hoisted on their shoulders to their native places. While Shiva devotees are on their annual journey, again some of them have been drawing attention for all the wrong reasons, brandishing weapons like swords, indulging in loot, vandalism and blocking roads over trivial reasons.
On Monday the police arrested four Kanwariyas in separate incidents on charges of vandalis...