Kankhal
Kankhal is a small colony in Haridwar in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand state in India. Mentioned in the Vayu Purana and the Mahabharata as Kanakhala, Kankhal is one of 'Panch Tirth' within Haridwar, with other spots being Gangadwara, Kushwart, Bilwa Teerth and Neel Parvat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haridwar Junction railway station and Chandi Devi Temple.
Haridwar Junction railway station
Railway station
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Haridwar railway station, is one of the major railway stations in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India. It falls under the Moradabad division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Haridwar Junction railway station is situated 2½ km north of Kankhal.
Chandi Devi Temple
Hindu temple
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Chandi Devi Temple, Haridwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Chandi Devi in the holy city of Haridwar in the Uttarakhand state of India. The temple is situated atop the Neel Parvat on the Eastern summit of the Sivalik Hills, the southernmost mountain chain of the Himalayas. Chandi Devi Temple is situated 3½ km east of Kankhal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haridwar and Har ki Pauri.
Haridwar
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Haridwar, also spelt Hardwar, is a Hindu pilgrimage site at the Ganges River, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Har ki Pauri
Suburb
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Har Ki Pauri is a sacred ghat on the banks of the Ganges River in the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is believed to be the place where the Ganges leaves the mountains and enters the plains. Har ki Pauri is situated 4 km northeast of Kankhal.
Bahadrabad
Suburb
Bahadrabad is an intermediate Village Panchayat in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the six development blocks in Haridwar district under which many developed villages come, including Atmalpur Bongla, Rohalki-Kishanpur, Alipur, Garhmeerpur, Khedli, Sitapur. Bahadrabad is situated 10 km west of Kankhal.
Kankhal
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in India
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hardwar, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.92597° or 29° 55′ 34″ northLongitude
78.14526° or 78° 8′ 43″ eastElevation
284 metres (932 feet)Open location code
7JXWW4GW+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 2377440464OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Kankhal” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কনখল”
- Dutch: “Kankhal”
- Hindi: “कनखल”
- Irish: “Kankhal”
- Tamil: “கன்கால்”
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