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The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday cancelled the Kanwar Yatra a day after the Supreme Court asked the state government to reconsider even allowing a symbolic physical yatra given the fear of a third Covid-19 wave. While asking the UP government to reconsider allowing even a symbolic physical yatra this year, the Supreme Court stated on Friday that “the health of the citizenry of India and their right to ‘life' are paramount” and that “all other sentiments, religious or otherwise, are subservient to this most basic fundamental right.”