Hardwar

From FIBIwiki
Revision as of 21:34, 13 December 2008 by HughWilding (talk | contribs) (Infobox updated)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Hardwar
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 29° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 9′ 36″ E
Altitude: 249.7 m (819 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Haridwar
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." It was also the end-on junction between the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway and Hardwar-Dehra Railway.


External links

"Hardiwar" Love to Know 1911.

"Haridwar" Wikipedia.