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Haridwar
[ hahr-i-dwahr, huhr- ]
noun
- a city in Uttar Pradesh, N India, on the Ganges River: a holy city to Hindus.
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His government then gave the go-ahead for the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival that attracts crushing throngs of millions of people to the holy city of Haridwar in the northern state of Uttarakhand, which is famous for its temples and pilgrimage sites.
Monday’s milestone came as thousands of Hindu devotees, many of them maskless, gathered at the city of Haridwar on the banks of the River Ganges to mark the Maha Kumbh Mela festival.
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Trains run from Delhi to Haridwar (five hours), from where it is a 45-minute bus ride to Rishikesh.
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