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Burqa-Clad Muslim Woman Completes Kanwar Yatra on Maha Shivratri in Sambhal

She said the pilgrimage fulfilled a marriage vow.

Overview

  • Tamanna Malik of Sambhal concluded the over 170-km journey by offering Ganga water at the Kshem Nath Temple on Maha Shivratri.
  • She began at Haridwar’s Har Ki Pauri and passed through towns including Amroha and Noorpur as crowds showered flowers and chanted “Bam Bam Bhole.”
  • In a recorded interview, she explained that she took up the Kanwar after her wish to marry Aman Tyagi was fulfilled.
  • Police deployed special security and accompanied her at several points to manage large crowds, according to Circle Officer Kuldeep Singh.
  • Viral videos drew extensive attention online, with many praising interfaith devotion and some critics, reportedly from her community, voicing objections.