Uttarakhand

Haridwar Tour Packages

One of the seven holiest cities in Hinduism and where the Ganges leaves the mountains for the plains. The Ganga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri each evening is the reason to come — hundreds of lamps set on the water, crowds packed onto the ghats, and an intensity that Rishikesh's gentler ceremony does not match. Arrive an hour early for any view at all. Haridwar is a strictly vegetarian and dry city, and it is a pilgrimage town rather than a tourist one, which shapes everything from the hotels to the food. One night is usually right, generally paired with Rishikesh 25 km up the road.