Palkhi 2022 route map

Walking to Pandharpur: On the trail of Maharashtra's 21-day, 250 km wari for Lord Vithoba An annual event in the Marathi calendar, the wari is a pilgrimage undertaken by devotees of Lord Vithoba, to his temple in Pandharpur. Palanquins (palkhis) venerating Sant Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram are carried from Alandi and Dehu by the warkaris, who cover 250 km by foot, over a 21-day journey “A true warkari does not think in kilometres; his ultimate destination is Pandharpur.” A mass of white-clad pilgrims — the men in dhotis, the women in nine-yard saris — is on the move even before dawn. The street lights, still aglow at that early hour, provide a dim illumination to these thousands as they trudge along the unfamiliar roads. The pilgrims are making their way to Saswad, on this, the third day of the wari. An annual event in the Marathi calendar, the wari is a pilgrimage undertaken by devotees of Lord Vithoba, to his temple in Pandharpur. Palanquins ( palkhis) venerating Sant Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram are carried from Alandi and Dehu by the warkaris, who cover 250 km by foot, over a 21-day journey. The pilgrims — this year there were about Who was Avtar Khanda, Amritpal Singh’s ‘mentor’, who died in the UK? Watch: Maharashtra villagers lift newly-made road with bare hands On the July day that I walked along with the warkaris, Pune was where we halted. The city has a carnival-like atmosphere when the pilgrims make their yearly pit-stop here: temples resound with melodious abhangas, sung...