Haridwar

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Th railway line to Haridwar terminates there and does not enter the Himalayan mountains! Here you can see the crowded city of Haridwar at the base of the Himalaya, with the Ganga canal cutting across the town to one side, and the Ganga rive…

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Kanwar Yatris celebrate Kanwar Yatra with deep devotion, discipline, and collective enthusiasm. The pilgrimage begins with yatris travelling to sacred places such as Haridwar, Gaumukh, or Gangotri to collect Ganga Jal.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

A group of Sadhus or Hindu religious ascetics are filmed smoking from a chillum and chanting 'Har Mahadev' and are definitely followers of Hindu god Shiva. The sadhus are definitely enjoying the camera time.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

The largest super spreader event of the globe! When tens of thousands of faithful bathe in the Ganges at the same time, only faith can save them from Covid19, and even that failed...

Uttarakhand·river

Hail to the super spreader global event of 2021! That moment when religiosity triumphs and everyone feels the warm glow of religions passion on witnessing such an event.

Uttarakhand·politics

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev casts his vote in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, after arriving in his Range Rover.

Uttarakhand·festival

Pilgrims in saffron attire walk to Haridwar during Kanwar Yatra 2025, to collect water from the Ganges

Uttarakhand·festival

Ghungroo or ankle bells are work on the ankles usually while performing dances and other performing arts.

Uttarakhand

A sadhu in full regalia sounds a conch shell with elan, doing it the right way. He puts up a little Tandav dance to Shiva, trident in hand, to chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' at the super spreader Covid19 event of the Kumbh Mela, apparently sui…

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Naga sadhus as well as sadhus clad in saffron, wait to go in for their Ganga snan during one of the Shahi snans of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela of 2021.

Uttarakhand

A motorcycle repair workshop in Haridwar, during the Kumbh Mela 2021. A Rajasthan registered bike is repaired.

Uttarakhand·river

The banks of the Ganges or Ganga in Haridwar is an important pilgrimage site for thousands of Hindu devotees every year. Devotees offer coins and precious metals into the river as offerings for a better afterlife.

Uttarakhand

Kalraj Mishra is seen delivering a speech during the Vishwa Ayurveda Mahotsav held in Haridwar, India, in 1999. At the time, he served as a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

The life of sadhus who roam the banks of the holy river the Ganges has been intriguing many over the centuries. This is one such intimate tour at a campsite of orange-clad sadhus during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar in 2021.

Uttarakhand·festival · flowers

A flower seller sits by his curated flower dauna packages which will be a favourite for devotees on a pilgrimage to the Kumbh Mela. The Haridwar Kumbh Mela in 2021 is celebrated in a grand manner even when the second wave of Covid is back.

Uttarakhand·festival

The auspicious Maha Kumbh Mela of Hindus is celebrated every 12 years on the banks of the Ganges. This is a compilation of 2021's most epic sights at the Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

The much-awaited Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on the banks of the Ganges is here even when the whole world is reeling under the global pandemic.

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 · highway

During the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar, groups of Kanwar yatri walks along the highway in a disciplined yet festive procession.

Uttarakhand·festival

Priests with lamps oiled with clarified butter for Hindu gods, eager devotees, and its pandemonium on the banks of the Ganga during the 2021 Kumbh Mela.

Uttarakhand·river · festival

A wide view of the venue for 2021 Haridwar Maha Kumbh Mela where thousands are seen on the banks taking a bath. The venue is illuminated and the bow-shaped Shiv Dhanush Bridge is evident in the backyard.

Uttarakhand·festival

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's address at the Peace Message for the World gathering from the Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India on April 3rd, 2010. (www.dalailama.com)

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.