Haridwar
[ hahr-i-dwahr, huhr- ]
noun
a city in Uttar Pradesh, N India, on the Ganges River: a holy city to Hindus.
- Also Hard·war [hahr-dwahr, huhr-]. /ˈhɑr dwɑr, ˈhʌr-/.
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How to use Haridwar in a sentence
His government then gave the go-ahead for the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival that attracts crushing throngs of millions of people to the holy city of Haridwar in the northern state of Uttarakhand, which is famous for its temples and pilgrimage sites.
What went so wrong with covid in India? Everything. | Sonia Faleiro | July 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewMonday’s milestone came as thousands of Hindu devotees, many of them maskless, gathered at the city of Haridwar on the banks of the River Ganges to mark the Maha Kumbh Mela festival.
Officially, India Has the World’s Second-Worst COVID-19 Outbreak. Unofficially, It’s Almost Certainly the Worst | Billy Perrigo | April 13, 2021 | TimeTrains run from Delhi to Haridwar (five hours), from where it is a 45-minute bus ride to Rishikesh.
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