A plan to divert the natural hot spring at Manikaran - a pilgrimage site for Sikhs - to the nearby tourist destination Kasol in Himachal Pradesh has upset the local residents and sparked a row.

The distance between Manikaran and Kasol is about five kilometers. However, the local people threatened to launch an agitation against the diversion of holy water from Manikaran. "Manikaran is a ...

The opposition arose out of a proposal to divert water from Manikaran to Kasol. Manikaran is a pilgrimage site sacred for both Hindus and the Sikhs. The local people argue that to divert sacred ...