Tag: Kanwariyas

Bhubaneswar: On the fourth and last  ‘Shravan Somvar’, thousands of kanwariyas thronged Shiva shrines across the State to offer holy water to Lord Shiva. According to sources, more number of kanwariyas visited the shrines today as compared to last three Mondays in the auspicious month of Shravan. The administrative officials of different temples also ensured […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of ‘kanwariyas’ or ‘Bol bom’ devotees, carrying pots full of sanctified water on their shoulders, walked miles before thronging the Lingaraj Temple here to offer water to Lord Shiva on ‘Shravan Somvar’ today. The devotees, clad in saffron clothes and carrying sanctified water in containers that they had fetched from various water bodies, […]

Cuttack: River ghats across the state have been crowded with Kanwariyas or Bol bom devotees clad in saffron and carrying colourful slings who have been walking barefoot for miles to offer water at different Shiva shrines on occasion of Shravan Somvar on Monday. As per the belief, men and women from all walks of life […]

As I watched the kaawariyas file past on National Highway No. 5 (now NH 16), dragging their feet along and occasionally letting out a muffled cry of ‘Bol Bom’, year after year, I often wondered what kept them going on what must have been a long and arduous expedition: religion, fun or the marijuana? As […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could be a disappointment for thousands of Lord Shiva devotees in the State, the Odisha government on Saturday cancelled the Bol Bom yatra this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In the holy Odia month of Shravan, people collect water from religious places and walk barefoot for several miles to […]