Rishikesh

Rishikesh, a small town in the northern state of , is famously known as the "yoga capital". Scenically located where the Ganges comes down from the Himalayas, Rishikesh catapulted to Western fame when the Beatles dropped by for a visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram.
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  • Town with about 70,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 370 metres (1,220 feet)
  • Description: city in Uttarakhand, India
  • Also known as
    “Hrishikesh”
    “Rikhikesh”
    “Yoga Capital of the World”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rishikesh railway station and Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station.
Railway station
, station code RKSH…
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Railway station
is a railway…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rajaji National Park and Muni Ki Reti.
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is in the region of in the region of .
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Suburb
is a town and a municipal council…
Hamlet
is a town in in the … is situated 4½ km south of Rishikesh.

Rishikesh

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Latitude
30.1087° or 30° 6′ 31″ north
Longitude
78.2916° or 78° 17′ 30″ east
Open location code
8J2W475R+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3735821429
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1258128
Wiki­data ID
Q502141

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Rishikesh” goes by many names.
ريشيكيشArabic
RishikeshAsturian
RishikeshBasque
РышыкешBelarusian
ঋষিকেশBengali
ऋषिकेशBhojpuri
योग के राजधानीBhojpuri
रिसिकेसBhojpuri
हृषिकेशBhojpuri
ঋষিকেশBishnupriya
РишикешBulgarian
RishīkeshCebuano
瑞詩凱詩Chinese
瑞诗凯诗Chinese
里希盖什Chinese
RišikéšCzech
ऋषिकेशDotyali
RikiseshDutch
RishikeshDutch
RiŝikeŝEsperanto
RishikeshFiji Hindi
RishikeshFinnish
RishikeshFrench
RishīkeshGerman
Παγκόσμια Πρωτεύουσα της ΓιόγκαςGreek
ΡίσικεςGreek
ΧρίσικεςGreek
ઋષિકેશGujarati
רישיקשHebrew
ऋषिकेशHindi
RisikésHungarian
RishikeshIndonesian
RishikeshItalian
リシケーシュJapanese
ರಿಷಿಕೇಶKannada
ಹೃಷಿಕೇಶKannada
رِشیکیشKashmiri
리시케시Korean
RišikešaLatvian
RišikešasLithuanian
ऋषिकेशMaithili
ॠषिकेशMaithili
RishikeshMalagasy
RishikeshMalay
RishikeshMalayalam
ഋഷികേശ്Malayalam
ऋषिकेशMarathi
RishikeshMin Nan Chinese
ऋषिकेशNepali
ॠषिकेशNepali
हृषीकेशःNewari
RishikeshNorwegian
RishikeshNorwegian Bokmål
RishikeshOccitan (post 1500)
ଋଷିକେଶOriya
RishikeshPampanga
R̥ṣikeśPampanga
ਰਿਸ਼ੀਕੇਸ਼Panjabi
ریشیکشPersian
RishikeshPolish
RishikeshPortuguese
RishikeshRomanian
HrishikeshRussian
RishikeshRussian
РишикешRussian
हृषीकेशःSanskrit
ᱨᱤᱥᱤᱠᱮᱥSantali
RishikeshSpanish
RishikeshSwedish
RishikeshSwiss German
ரிசிகேசுTamil
ரிஷிகேஷ்Tamil
РишикешTatar
ఋషీకేశ్Telugu
రిషికేశ్Telugu
రిషీకేష్Telugu
ฤษีเกศThai
རྀཥིཀེཤTibetan
РишикешTuvinian
РішикешUkrainian
РішікешUkrainian
رشی کیشUrdu
RishikeshVietnamese
RishikeshWaray (Philippines)
РишикешYakut

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