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DEHRADUN, INDIA, July 20, 2003: The Hardwar-New Delhi Highway was today closed for vehicular traffic for a month as thousands of pilgrims were on their way to the holy city in Uttaranchal to collect Ganga water, official sources said. The pilgrims, known as “Kawandias,” pour into Hardwar from Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the thousands during the month of Shravan to collect Ganga water which they carry back to offer at Siva temples in their native places. As the highway leading to Hardwar from Delhi remains crowded with Kawandias, it has been closed to avert road accidents, the sources said.

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