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Influencer Urges Respect as Crowds, Littering Pressure Kainchi Dham

Influencer Urges Respect as Crowds, Littering Pressure Kainchi Dham
'Cigarette Butts, Endless Selfies': Influencer Slams Littering, Vlogging At Kainchi Dham After Hanuman Ansh · NDTV

Aishwarya Kandpal is a local influencer who says Kainchi Dham has become much busier than it used to be.

She remembers it as a quiet place where people came to pray.

Now, she says, roads are crowded and visitors leave litter behind.

She is also worried about noise and traffic disturbing animals and birds.

Kandpal says people are using phones and cameras inside the ashram, even though photography and noise are not allowed there.

She is not telling people to stop visiting.

Instead, she asks visitors to be quiet, make less traffic, and take their rubbish with them.

She hopes people will remember why they came to the ashram.

Key facts

Speaker
Aishwarya Kandpal, an influencer who identifies herself as local
Site
Kainchi Dham, an ashram in Uttarakhand
Past daily footfall
Kandpal said the temple averaged around 50 visitors a day until the late 2010s.
Family connection
Kandpal said both her parents have served at the ashram for years.
Restrictions she described
No photography, noise, or filming inside the ashram
Suggested actions
Put phones away, travel in fewer vehicles, limit honking, and take plastic waste away.
Film mentioned
Hanuman Ansh was cited as part of the recent attention around Kainchi Dham.

Quotes

Aishwarya Kandpal

Local influencer who posted about the impact of visitors at Kainchi Dham.

“So maybe, just maybe Leave the phone on silent for a few, leave it in your bag, come in a group instead of taking five cars, keep the honking to a minimum, take your plastic back with you, and once you enter the ashram, remember why you came here.”
NDTV
“The simplicity was a CHOICE. Precisely why the whole culture of coming here, filming everything, putting it online, turning every visit into content feels so completely at odds with the place.”
NDTV

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