Kanwar Yatra 2022: Devotees offer prayers to Lord Shiva

More than three crore 'kanwariyas' visited Haridwar this year to collect the holy Ganga water to be offered as 'Jalabhishek' to Lord Shiva. "Till yesterday, the number of Kanwariyas was three crore and five lakhs, there is no doubt that the number of 'Kanwariyas' who are leaving from Haridwar are more compared to the 'Kanwariyas' who arrive here today," District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey told ANI. The Haridwar administration and other government agencies are looking after all the arrangements for the devotees. He further stated, "Today about 50 lakh Kanwariyas have arrived and overall the whole system is going well so far, we had already assessed." Devotees from nearby districts like Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Saharanpur and Bijnor also arrived to fetch the water of the Ganges. They took a holy dip at Har ki Pauri and offered prayers at Daksheshwar Mahadev Temple. "We have made arrangements to ensure that those in Haridwar do not face any problems, our efforts have been very collective and we are praying that the Kanwar Mela should be completed safely," District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey further said.