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Hardwar
Hardwar | |
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Presidency: Bengal | |
Coordinates: | 29° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 9′ 36″ E |
Altitude: | 249.7 m (819 ft) |
Present Day Details | |
Place Name: | Hardiwar |
State/Province: | Uttarakhand |
Country: | India |
Transport links | |
Hardwar-Dehra Railway, Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway |
Hardwar, or Hirdwar, is one of the seven holiest places to Hindus and a "Hindu place of pilgrimage, in the Saharanpur district of the United Provinces, on the right bank of the Ganges, 17 m. N.E. of Rurki."
External links
"Hardiwar" Love to Know 1911.
"Hardwar" Wikipedia.