The Kanwar Yatra 2026 is set to run from July 30 to August 11 (Sawan Shivratri/Chaturdashi), with the heaviest rush expected in the final days leading up to Shivratri. To manage the movement of an estimated crore-plus devotees walking to Haridwar, Gaumukh, Gangotri and Neelkanth Mahadev to fetch holy Ganga water, police forces across Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand have notified vehicle bans, one-way diversions and no-entry zones, some of which are already in effect, and others that kick in over the coming days. breakdown.