Kanwar Yatra is one of India's largest pilgrimages. It sees over 30 million devotees walk barefoot for miles, carrying Ganga water to Siva temples across North India. What’s the story of this pilgrimage?
1. Kali as the supreme deity worshiped by Indra, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
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2. Aranya Devi Temple, Arrah
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3. Shakambhari Shakta pithas Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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4. Goddess Shakti Tempera on cloth from Nepal, c.1800
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5.Lord Shiva meditating statue at Rishikesh
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6. Daksha criticising Rudra for insulting him in the Satya Yuga
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7. Sati confronts Daksha, Daksha yagna
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8. Kalighat Shiva mourns Sati
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9. 19th century lithograph of Shiva carrying Sati’s corpse
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10. Shiva wandering around holding Sati’s corpse
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11. Lord Vishnu sitting on a lotus, from Gita Govinda
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12. Wall painting of Shiva carrying away Sati, Srikhanda Bhoothnath temple, West Bengal
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13. Kamakshi Amman Temple in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
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14. Jogulamba temple, Alampur town
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15. Mahalaxmi Mandir kolhapur
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16. Goddess Shrinkhala temple, Pandua
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17. Mahakaleshwar Mandir in Ujjain
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18. Snow covered peaks of Dehradun
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