Haridwar

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city pilgrimage site

Haridwar is a major pilgrimage city in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, revered as one of Hinduism’s holiest sites and a key gateway to the Himalayas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
country India ⓘ
division Garhwal ⓘ
surface form: Garhwal division
elevation 1030 feet ⓘ
314 metres ⓘ
governingBody Haridwar Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasFamousGhat Har Ki Pauri ⓘ
hasInstitution Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya ⓘ
hasLandmark Bharat Mata Mandir ⓘ
Chandi Devi Temple ⓘ
Daksha Mahadev Temple ⓘ
Har Ki Pauri ⓘ
Mansa Devi Temple ⓘ
Maya Devi Temple ⓘ
Patanjali Yogpeeth ⓘ
Shantikunj ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Haridwar Junction ⓘ
hasUniversity Gurukul Kangri University ⓘ
hostsEvent Ganga Aarti ⓘ
hostsFestival Kumbh Mela ⓘ
surface form: Ardh Kumbh Mela

Kanwar Yatra ⓘ
Kumbh Mela ⓘ
isCapitalOf Haridwar district ⓘ
isGatewayTo Char Dham ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
isOneOf Sapta Puri ⓘ
seven holiest Hindu cities ⓘ
isOnRouteOf Char Dham ⓘ
surface form: Char Dham Yatra
knownAs Gateway to the Gods ⓘ
Gateway to the Himalayas ⓘ
localLanguage Garhwali ⓘ
Kumaoni ⓘ
locatedIn Haridwar district ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
locatedInRegion Garhwal ⓘ
surface form: Garhwal region

northern India ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Dehradun ⓘ
Rishikesh ⓘ
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
pilgrimageType Hindu pilgrimage city ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religiousSignificance site for ritual bathing in the Ganges ⓘ
riverFeature Ganges enters Indo-Gangetic plains at Haridwar ⓘ
stateCapital Dehradun ⓘ
stateFormationContext became part of Uttarakhand in 2000 ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garhwal → contains → Haridwar ⓘ
Kumbh Mela → heldInCity → Haridwar ⓘ
Ganges → majorCityOnRiver → Haridwar ⓘ
Dehradun → nearbyPilgrimageSite → Haridwar ⓘ