Haridwar

Uttarakhand·festival · highway

Thousands of Lord Shiva's devotees gather for the annual Kavad Mela in Haridwar. The Kanvar yatra or Kavad Yatra is annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias, to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in…

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Driving on roads of Haridwar as river Ganga flows under Bhagirathi setu. Beggars sit in a queue and seek for alms on the streets of Haridwar.

Uttarakhand·forest

Chilla is located 8 kilometer away from Haridwar and it is a part of Rajaji National Park. There are many options for stay in which Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam's Gujar house and Tourist Bungalow and if you want to stay in the forest then the…

Uttarakhand·forest · river

Chilla is located 8 kilometer away from Haridwar on the banks of River Ganga and it is a part of Rajaji National Park.

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

Devotees playing Pushp Holi with Lord Krishna . Iskon temple organises Gaur poornima Pushp Holi Mahotsav in Haridwar.

Uttarakhand·festival

Kanwar Yatra, one of the largest Hindu pilgrimages in North India dedicated to Lord Shiva. Thousands of Kanwariyas dressed in saffron-colored clothing travel along highways and pilgrimage routes carrying holy water collected from the Ganga…

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·festival · river

"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·festival · river

Kanwarias filling holy water from the river Ganges during the Kanvar Yatra in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river

Propitiously located at the point where the Ganges River emerges from the Himalaya, Haridwar (also called Hardwar) is Uttarakhand’s holiest Hindu city, and pilgrims arrive here in droves to bathe in the fast-flowing Ganges.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Kanwariyas decorating the kanwars for fetching water from Ganga jal from Ganga Ghats in Haridwar.... March of Kanwariya or holy yatra start during the month of Shravan the wet season each year in India.

Uttarakhand·festival · highway

Filmed along the Meerut–Haridwar stretch, this footage captures the powerful spirit of the Kanwar Yatra, where thousands of devotees walk together in harmony, carrying sacred Ganga Jal.

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Hindu holy men or Sadhus in orange clothes travel to Haridwar in search of peace and enlightenment which they supposedly attain by bathing in the sacred river Ganga and maintaining a disciplined life! Is that orange effigy representative of…

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Hindu pilgrims come from all walks of life, with a belief that their sins will be washed off in the holy waters of the sacred river Ganges if they take a dip during the Kumbh Mela.

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 A…

Uttarakhand·temple · river

HIndus visit Shri Ganga Mandir and Sri Sringeri Math Temple situated at Brahma-Kund on the Bank of river Ganga in Haridwar.

Haridwar, 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·festival · temple

The highways of Haridwar transform into a river of saffron as Kanwar yatris make their pilgrimage, carrying decorated kanwars filled with holy Ganga water.

Uttarakhand·river

Indian Hindu devotees bathe and offer prayers on the ghats of sacred river Ganga in Haridwar. Hardwar, or Haridwar, is one of the holiest places for Hindus in India.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Devotees taking holy bath in the sacred river Ganges on the most auspicious day of Kumbh Mela, Haridwar. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river.

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Thousands of pilgrims gather to 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

Thousands of Kanwarias thronged at Haridwar, to take holy dip on the occasion of Sawan. Meanwhile Kanwarias are filling their pots.