# IIT Kanpur students perform Kanwar Yatra, Jalabhishek 2026-08-17T07:41:21+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Students and faculty of IIT Kanpur carried holy Ganga water from Sarsaiya Ghat to Anandeshwar Mahadev Temple in Parmat on Sunday, performing Jalabhishek as part of Shravan festivities. Participants walked with kanwars while chanting 'Bol Bam', and Mahant Bal Yogi Arun Puri Chaitanya Ji Maharaj blessed them. Professor Nachiketa Tiwari praised the initiative and suggested it could evolve into a water conservation campaign. Student Shivam Trivedi said the participation shows Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha remain connected to cultural traditions and social responsibility alongside technology. Awadh Bihari Mishra spoke about the Ganga's cultural and environmental importance. The programme concluded with bhajan-kirtan and prayers. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ganga, IIT Kanpur, Kanwar Yatra, Nachiketa Tiwari, Shravan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-kanpur-students-perform-kanwar-yatra-jalabhishek/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-kanpur-students-perform-kanwar-yatra-jalabhishek/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/