Haridwar

Uttarakhand·river · bazaar

A horse-driven cart carriage ready for a ride and waiting for passengers, in Uttarakhand. One can see busy shops, a crowded bazaar, snarling traffic, dhabas, commuters and the usual madness of India, in this market in Haridwar.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. A Hindu dead body is cremating on the Chandi Ghat of Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Human corpse completely burned to ashes at Chandi cremation Ghat, Haridwar. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal bodies, including human ones, to basic chemical compounds, such…

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

People gather for the cremation at Chandi cremation Ghat (shamshan / shamshaan ghat), Haridwar.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Performing rituals before burning a funeral pyre at Chandi cremation Ghat, Haridwar. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal bodies, including human ones, to basic chemical compoun…

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Driving through streets of Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India. Haridwar is an ancient city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·festival · highway

Evening arati / aarti on the Ganga at Haridwar, pilgrim bath and floatation of leaf lamps or daunas on the river...

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Thousands of pilgrims take holy dip at the Ganges during Kumbh mela. Kumbh Mela is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations of India.

Uttarakhand·festival

"Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Ganges river. The Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Haridwar and Allahabad, the Purna (complete) Kumbh takes place every twelve years,at four places…

Uttarakhand

A shop in Haridwar that sells Pickles is being shown here. They sell many different types of pickles, they also sell various types of spices. The shopkeeper says that this shop was started by his grandfather a very long time ago.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

Aghori baba in Haridwar, Uttrakhand. Baba snorting from his chillum (bong). The Aghori or Aghora are a Hindu sect believed to have split off from the Kapalika order (which dates from 1000 AD) in the fourteenth century AD.

Uttarakhand·river

Hindu priests pray to the River Ganga at Haridwar where the river enters the plains of north India, having completed its mountainous sojourn...

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·festival

"Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Ganges river. The Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Haridwar and Allahabad, the Purna (complete) Kumbh takes place every twelve years,at four places…

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Ganga Aarti Hardwar is performed at Har-ki-Pauri Ghat. Har Ki Pauri is one of the most famous place to take holy dip in the river Ganga. Ganga Aarti means prayer for the River Ganga.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

Dead body burning on funeral pyre at Chandi cremation Ghat (shamshan / shamshaan ghat), Haridwar Chandi Cremation ghat of Haridwar. The caretaker stokes the flames, as relatives of the deceased stand by.

Uttarakhand·river

Roorkee is a city and seat of a municipal corporation in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, that spread over a flat terrain with the grand spectacle of Himalayas ranges flanking it in the East and the North-east.

Uttarakhand·highway · river

Roorkee, city and seat of a municipal corporation in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, that spread over a flat terrain with the grand spectacle of Himalayas ranges flanking it in the East and the North-east.

Uttarakhand·festival

"The Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Haridwar and Allahabad, the Purna (complete) Kumbh takes place every twelve years, at four places Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik).

Uttarakhand·highway

Driving out from Delhi towards Haridwar via National Highway 58 (NH58). It links Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh near New Delhi with Badrinath and Mana Pass in Uttarakhand near Indo-Tibet border.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Thousands of pilgrims take holy dip at the Ganges during Kumbh mela. Kumbh Mela is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations of India.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

Dead body burning on funeral pyre at Chandi cremation Ghat (shamshan / shamshaan ghat), Haridwar Chandi Cremation ghat of Haridwar. The caretaker stokes the flames, as relatives of the deceased stand by.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Flames coming out from funeral pyre at Chandi cremation Ghat, Haridwar. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal bodies, including human ones, to basic chemical compounds, such as g…