A report on Haridwar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Ganges

Meandering main Ganga river, known here as Neel Dhara (left) and the Ganga canal (right), passing through Haridwar.

A view of temples on the banks of river Ganges near Laxman Jhula

Students from around the world undergoing yoga teacher training by the River Ganges at Rishikesh, 2015

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Prince Bhagiratha in penance for the salvation of 60,000 of his ancestors.

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.

Gangadhara, Shiva bearing the Descent of the Ganges River as Parvati and Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on. circa 1740

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Head of the Ganges Canal, Haridwar, ca 1894–1898.

Chit chat at bank of River Ganga at Rishikesh

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

Haridwar from the opposite bank of the Ganges, 1866

Shiva statue near Parmarth Niketan which was washed away by the 2013 flood on River Ganga

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.

Haridwar as a part of the United Province, 1903

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

Neeldhara Bird Sanctuary at the main Ganges Canal, before Bhimgoda Barrage, also showing signs of an ancient port.

A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.

The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background

Panorama of Haridwar city from Mansa Devi Temple

Ram Jhula Bridge across the Ganges at Muni Ki Reti, built in the 1980s

Main bathing Ghat, at Haridwar, in the 1880s.

Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.

The Clock Tower on the Malviya Dwip at Har Ki Pauri.

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867

The Haridwar Kumbh Mela is held in every 12 years and the date is determined by Hindu astrology.

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910

Das Mahavidya temple, Daksheswara Mahadev temple

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

Preparations for cremations on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi], 1903. The dead are being bathed, wrapped in cloth, and covered with wood. The photograph has a caption, "Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains heaven."]

Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.

Bholanath Sevashram temple by the Ganges, Haridwar

Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).

Haridwar from Chilla Range, Rajaji National Park

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.

Shiva statue by the Ganges, across Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.

Shri Chintamani Parshwnath Jain Shwetambar Mandir

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

The Ganges Canal highlighted in red stretching between its headworks off the Ganges River in Haridwar and its confluences with the Jumna (Yamuna) River in Etawah and with the Ganges in Cawnpore (now Kanpur).

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges

The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans

The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Haridwar is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.

- Haridwar

Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city governed by Rishikesh Municipal Corporation (since October 2017), and a tehsil in Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand.

- Rishikesh

The 2525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

- Ganges

The city is situated on the right bank of the Ganges river, at the foothills of the Shivalik ranges.

- Haridwar

It lies 21 km north of the city Haridwar and 45 km southeast of the state capital Dehradun.

- Rishikesh

Legends state that Lord Rama did penance here for killing Ravana, the asura king of Lanka; and Lakshmana, his younger brother, crossed the river Ganges, using two jute ropes at the point where the present 'Lakshman Jhula' (लक्ष्मण झूला) stands today.

- Rishikesh

After flowing for 256.90 km through its narrow Himalayan valley, the Ganges emerges from the mountains at Rishikesh, then debouches onto the Gangetic Plain at the pilgrimage town of Haridwar.

- Ganges

Two of the most important rivers in Hinduism originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand, the Ganges at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri.

- Uttarakhand

Kunaon Gate is 6 km from Rishikesh, and Laldhang gate is 25 km from Kotdwara.

- Haridwar

Haridwar is one of the four places in India where this mela is organised.

- Uttarakhand

Other railheads are Rishikesh, Kotdwar and Ramnagar linked to Delhi by daily trains.

- Uttarakhand

A report on Haridwar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Ganges

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