Friday, 22 July 2022 | PNS | Haridwar
A Kanwadia is taking his pushing his limits to express his devotion by pulling a wheeled Kanwad with hooks piercing his back. The iron hooks piercing his back are pulling the Kanwad weighing about 150 kilogrammes. This devotee of lord Shiva is pulling the Kanwad from Haridwar to the border of Haryana.
Joginder Gujjar, who hails from Keyodak village of Kaithal district in Haryana, said that he was inspired to do this from his master Deshraj who is a taekwondo coach who also teaches stunts. He said that like lord Hanuman had shown that his lord Rama resides in his heart by tearing his own chest, he is pulling the Kanwad with iron hooks on his back a sign of his love of lord Shiva.
Coach Deshraj said that Joginder will take this Kanwad from Haridwar to the Haryana border, after which he (Deshraj) will carry this Kanwad to the Shiva temple in the same way. Joginder said that he had also pulled a big truck earlier, after which they thought that compared to a truck, pulling a Kanwad weighing about 150 kilogrammes is not such a tough feat.
