Haridwar

Haridwar, also spelt Hardwar, is a Hindu pilgrimage site at the Ganges River, in the state of .
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  • Type: City with 311,000 residents
  • Description: city in India
  • Also known as: Hardwár” and “Hardwār

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haridwar Junction railway station and Mansa Devi Temple.

Railway station
Haridwar railway station, is one of the major railway stations in , , India. It falls under the Moradabad division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Hindu temple
, Haridwar is a dedicated to goddess Mansa Devi in the holy city of Haridwar in the state of India. The temple is located atop the Bilwa Parvat on the Sivalik Hills, the southernmost mountain chain of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kankhal and Har ki Pauri.

Hamlet
is a small colony in Haridwar in the of state in . Mentioned in the Vayu Purana and the Mahabharata as Kanakhala, is one of 'Panch Tirth' within Haridwar, with other spots being Gangadwara, Kushwart, Bilwa Teerth and Neel Parvat.

Suburb
is a sacred ghat on the banks of the Ganges River in the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, in the Indian state of . It is believed to be the place where the Ganges leaves the mountains and enters the plains.

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
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1211180500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1270351
Wiki­data ID
Q273030
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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
  • Catalan: Haridwar
  • Catalan: Hariwar
  • Cebuano: Haridwar
  • Chinese: 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: Hardvár
  • Czech: Haridvár
  • Czech: Haridwar
  • Danish: Haridwar
  • Dotyali: हरिद्वार
  • Dutch: Haridwar
  • Esperanto: Haridvar
  • Esperanto: Haridwar
  • Fiji Hindi: Hardwar
  • Finnish: Haridwar
  • French: Haridwar
  • German: Hardwar
  • German: Haridwar
  • Gujarati: હરદ્વાર
  • Gujarati: હરિદ્વાર
  • Hebrew: הארידוואר
  • Hebrew: הרידוואר
  • Hindi: Haridwar
  • Hindi: हरिद्वार
  • Hungarian: Haridvár
  • Indonesian: Haridwar
  • Italian: Haridwar
  • Japanese: ハリドワール
  • Kannada: ಹರಿದ್ವಾರ
  • Kashmiri: ہری دوار
  • Korean: 하리드와르
  • Lithuanian: Haridvaras
  • Maithili: हरिद्वार
  • Malagasy: Haridwar
  • Malay: Haridwar
  • Malayalam: 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: Haridwar
  • Oriya: ହରିଦ୍ଵାର
  • Oriya: ହରିଦ୍ୱାର
  • Pampanga: Haridwar
  • Panjabi: ਹਰਦੁਆਰ
  • Panjabi: ਹਰਿਦੁਆਰ
  • Persian: هاریدوار
  • Polish: Hardwar
  • Polish: Haridvār
  • Polish: Haridwar
  • Portuguese: Haridwar
  • Romanian: Haridwar
  • Russian: Гангадвара
  • Russian: Хардвар
  • Russian: Харидвар
  • Sanskrit: उत्तराखण्डः
  • Sanskrit: गङ्गानदी
  • Sanskrit: माया
  • Sanskrit: हरिद्वार
  • Sanskrit: हरिद्वारम्
  • Santali: ᱦᱚᱨᱤᱫᱣᱟᱨ
  • Serbian: Haridvar
  • Serbian: Haridwar
  • Serbian: Харидвар
  • Spanish: Hardwar
  • Spanish: Haridvar
  • Spanish: Haridvara
  • Spanish: Haridwar
  • Spanish: Haridwār
  • Spanish: Haridwara
  • Swedish: Hardwar
  • Swedish: Haridwar
  • Tamil: அரித்துவார்
  • Tamil: அரித்வார்
  • Tamil: ஹரித்வார்
  • Tatar: Хардвар
  • Telugu: హరిద్వార్
  • Thai: หริทวาร
  • Thai: หริทวาระ
  • Turkish: Haridwar
  • Ukrainian: Гарідвар
  • Ukrainian: Хардвар
  • 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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