The curse of menstruating women on the Kanwar yatra

No one knows when the taboo of keeping menstruating women out of the annual Kanwar yatra came about, or why male kawadiyas still believe that the presence of all women -- as well as Muslims -- will make impure the holy Ganga water they carry on their shoulders, says ThePrint's Shahbaz Ansar

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