Om Deluxe Hotel Haridwar

Upper Road, Near Mansa Devi Rope Way Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

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Haridwar - Holy Hindu City on the Ganges

A travel blog entry by michelle_austyn

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Haridwar - our favourite stop so far is a holy Hindu site on the Ganges. Due to the HORRIBLE bus ride from Chandigarh (six hours, 30+ degrees, no AC, no toilet) we decided to check in to the best hotel in town for a night to recover. It was right on the Ganges with it's own private ghat (bathing area in the Ganges where Hindus wash away their sins …

Haridwar, the hindu capital

A travel blog entry by nikkigwennie

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After spending two nights in the crazy wonderful madness that was Old Delhi we travelled north for a bit of peace. Haridwar was recommended to us, and after consulting our treasured Lonely Planet guide we were sold. We got the train from New Delhi station at 6.50am, after fighting with our backpacks (sure they're getting heavier every day!). The …

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Holy Haridwar

A travel blog entry by nshori

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... of the ceremony the priest suggested we pay him 5000 Rupees ( about $100) but Mark did not have 5000 Rupees so was encouraged to check and empty his pockets and the priest seemed happy with the resulting 2000 Rupees ( about $ 40 ).

Returned to our haveli to eat roasted peanuts by a fire that had been lit in the courtyard overlooking the river. Went to bed listening to the beautiful singing and strumming of the musicians in the internal ...

The world capital of Yoga

A travel blog entry by elisa.landi

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... if I would have kept on walking for a few km, I would have find some waterfalls! And so I did it! The walk was quite uphill and scenic as I went through a forest. After about forty minutes I got to a small path that lead me to two very small but also very refreshing waterfalls. I had a wonderful afternoon there, not because of the waterfalls themselves, which were nothing special, but because of the people I met! A group of young students on holiday approached ...

Rishikesh

A travel blog entry by myrthekramer

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Een uurtje rijden van Haridwar, dus we namen de riksja. Ons verblijf in de ashram was zeer aangenaam, dus kozen we nu weer voor een ashram. Alleen was deze ahram het tegenovergestelde. Eerst moesten wij een p*kk*eind lopen met onze backpack op naar de ashram, omdat er geen riksja's mochten rijden. 20 kilo! Nou dat voelde mij rug wel. Toen kwamen wij de Ved Niketan ashram aan en was ik maar al te blij dat we onze backpacks af konden ...