Haridwar

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…

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Horse-drawn cart in Haridwar. Haridwar is a very old city mentioned in the accounts of Huien Tsang, the famous 7th century Chinese traveller. It is the site of many religious festivals.

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Children playing in Haridwar, by the banks of the Ganga, while a dog takes a nap nearby! They are holding a basket with mud collected from the river and are perhaps looking for coins in the water!

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Chillum on sale in Haridwar A chillum, or chilam, is a straight conical pipe with end-to-end channel, traditionally made of clay and used since at least the 18th century by wandering Hindu monks, known as sadhus in India.

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Kanwarias are so called because they carry a kanwar or pole on their shoulder with the covered water pots balanced on its two ends.

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A physician attends to patients and provides them with regular check-ups while a pharmacist distributes and provides information to the patients about medicines and their use, at a hospital in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Kanwariyas walking in line wearing saffron colour dress taking and calling the name of Lord Shiva, Kanwariyas on the way to Haridwar.... March of Kanwariya or holy yatra start during the month of Shravan the wet season each year in India.

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Devotees and tourist buying the stuffs needed for the puja at Haridwar in Uttarkhand. Haridwar is a city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, 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·river · ceremony

Haridwar aarti in the evening, on the Ganga river, with the masses present... Lower down the river: Gangotri Gaumukh, source of river Ganga and abode of goddess Ganga, is one of the four of the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit in India.

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Ganges river turns golden as sun sets over the river in Haridwar. The River Ganga, after flowing for 253 kilometres (157 mi) from its source at Gaumukh at the edge of the Gangotri Glacier, enters the Indo-Gangetic Plains of North India for…

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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.

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Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Burning corpses at Chandi Ghat in Haridwar.

Uttarakhand·crafts · festival

A potter working in Haridwar, harvesting clay from the ground and baking his pots and earthen-ware... Pottery are objects made from wet clay later mixed with other materials.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

Chandi Cremation ghat of Haridwar. The caretaker stokes the flames, as relatives of the deceased stand by. Some of them have covered their heads in respect to the departed soul.

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Aghori sadhu in Haridwar. He is sitting in his makeshift hut, with a dog entering and exiting. He holds a skull, which he circles in front of him before applying white human ash onto it.

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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.

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Religious stalls selling idols, garlands, deepas and flowers in Haridwar. Haridwar is a very old city mentioned in the accounts of Huien Tsang, the famous 7th century Chinese traveller. Haridwar is the site of many religious festivals.

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The holy city of Haridwar plays host to lakhs of pilgrims every year..

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The life of a sadhu living in a tented makeshift home in Haridwar. 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

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.