Haridwar, one of India's holiest cities, is revered as a gateway to Lord Vishnu's abode and a spiritual haven. Pilgrims visit ...

The most popular route for this pilgrimage begins in Haridwar and covers ... to a different deity—Lord Shiva at Kedarnath, Lord Vishnu at Badrinath, Goddess Ganga at Gangotri, and Goddess ...

Devotees offer prayer around a Shivling, a representation of Hindu god Shiva ... dip in the Ganga river at ‘Har ki Pauri’ on the occasion of ‘Mahashivratri’ festival, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

In a grand celebration at the ancient Shri Raghunath Ji Temple in Jammu, the Rajmata Tara Devi Sankirtan Mandal, led by its ...

Old-timey megaphones strapped to light poles blare devotional songs dedicated to Lord Shiva, the deity worshipped ... held every 12 years across Ujjain, Haridwar, Nashik, and Prayagraj, this ...

Only those who had Shiva’s kripa (blessing ... Till 1858, the Kumbh was held in April or May every 12 years at Haridwar. The first Kumbh in Allahabad (Prayagraj) was organized in 1870.

A young kanwariya named Suraj, hailing from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, arrived at Haridwar’s Ganga Ghat on Mahashivratri to offer water to Lord Shiva. As he bowed to Mother Ganga and chanted ‘Har ...

According to Hindu tradition, a dip in the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna ... fell at four locations — Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain — thus sanctifying these sites.

Dedicated to Lord Shiva, this auspicious occasion is observed ... Haridwar & Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Situated on the banks of the sacred Ganga, Haridwar and Rishikesh see thousands of pilgrims ...

Grown men fall prostrate at his feet at promotional melas in Haridwar, women seek him out as ... This is also why most Shiva chic fashions rolling off the ramp are unisex. Ganga Chu, retailed in India ...