Haridwar

Haridwar, also spelt Hardwar, is a Hindu pilgrimage site at the Ganges River, in the state of .
  • Type: City with 311,000 residents
  • Description: city in India
  • Also known as: “Hardvár”, “Hardwár”, “Hardwār”, “Haridvār”, “Haridvara”, “Haridwār”, “Haridwara”, “Hariwar”, “Гангадвара”, “उत्तराखण्डः”, “गङ्गानदी”, “माया”, “मायापुरी”, “ਹਰਦੁਆਰ”, “હરિદ્વાર”, and “ஹரித்வார்”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Haridwar Junction railway station and Jwalapur railway station.

Railway station
Haridwar railway station, is one of the major railway…

Railway station
is a railway station located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kankhal and Har ki Pauri.

Hamlet
is a historic pilgrimage town in Haridwar…

Suburb
is a sacred ghat on the banks of the…

Haridwar

Latitude
29.9384° or 29° 56′ 18″ north
Longitude
78.1453° or 78° 8′ 43″ east
Population
311,000
Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)
Open location code
7JXWW4QW+94
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Haridwar” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Haridvari”
  • Albanian: “Haridwari”
  • Arabic: “هاريدوار”
  • Armenian: “Խարդվար (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Խարդվար”
  • Assamese: “হৰিদ্বাৰ”
  • Asturian: “Haridwar”
  • Basque: “Haridwar”
  • Belarusian: “Хардвар”
  • Bengali: “হরিদ্বার”
  • Bhojpuri: “हरिद्वार”
  • Bishnupriya: “হরদুৱার”
  • Catalan: “Hardwar”
  • Cebuano: “Haridwar”
  • Chinese: “赫尔德瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “赫爾德瓦爾”
  • Chinese: “赫里德瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “赫里德瓦爾”
  • Czech: “Haridvár”
  • Danish: “Haridwar”
  • Dotyali: “हरिद्वार”
  • Dutch: “Haridwar”
  • Esperanto: “Haridvar”
  • Esperanto: “Haridwar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Hardwar”
  • Finnish: “Haridwar”
  • French: “Haridwar”
  • German: “Haridwar”
  • Gujarati: “હરદ્વાર”
  • Hebrew: “הארידוואר”
  • Hebrew: “הרידוואר”
  • Hindi: “हरिद्वार”
  • Hungarian: “Haridvár”
  • Indonesian: “Haridwar”
  • Italian: “Haridwar”
  • Japanese: “ハリドワール”
  • Kannada: “ಹರಿದ್ವಾರ”
  • Korean: “하리드와르”
  • Lithuanian: “Haridvaras”
  • Magahi: “हरिद्वार”
  • Maithili: “हरिद्वार”
  • Malagasy: “Haridwar”
  • Malay: “Haridwar”
  • Malayalam: “ഹരിദ്വാർ”
  • Marathi: “हरिद्वार”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Haridwar”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰარდვარი”
  • Nepali: “हरिद्वार”
  • Newari: “हरिद्वार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haridwar”
  • Norwegian: “Haridwar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Haridwar”
  • Oriya: “ହରିଦ୍ଵାର”
  • Oriya: “ହରିଦ୍ୱାର”
  • Pampanga: “Haridwar”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਰਿਦੁਆਰ”
  • Persian: “هاریدوار”
  • Polish: “Haridwar”
  • Portuguese: “Haridwar”
  • Romanian: “Haridwar”
  • Russian: “Хардвар”
  • Russian: “Харидвар”
  • Sanskrit: “हरिद्वारम्”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱚᱨᱤᱫᱣᱟᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Haridvar”
  • Serbian: “Харидвар”
  • Spanish: “Haridwar”
  • Swedish: “Hardwar”
  • Swedish: “Haridwar”
  • Tamil: “அரித்துவார்”
  • Tamil: “அரித்வார்”
  • Tatar: “Хардвар”
  • Telugu: “హరిద్వార్”
  • Thai: “หริทวาร”
  • Thai: “หริทวาระ”
  • Turkish: “Haridwar”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарідвар”
  • Ukrainian: “Харідвар”
  • Urdu: “ہری دوار”
  • Urdu: “ہریدوار”
  • Uzbek: “Haridwar”
  • Vietnamese: “Haridwar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Haridwar”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہریدوار”
  • Wu Chinese: “赫尔德瓦尔”
  • “हरिद्वार”

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