| a city in Uttar Pradesh, N India, on the Ganges River: a holy city to Hindus. 187,400. |
Har·dwar  (här'dwär', hûr'-) See Haridwar. |
| Har·i·dwar (här'ĭ-dwär', hûr'-) A city of northern India on the Ganges River north-northeast of Delhi. It is a Hindu pilgrimage center. Population: 185,000. |
Hardwar
city, northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. Haridwar lies along the Ganges River, at the boundary between the Indo-Gangetic Plain (south) and the Himalayan foothills (north). It is the site of the headworks of the Ganges Canal system. Haridwar is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus and a major pilgrimage centre. It has been known by many names; originally it was called Kapila, for the sage who once lived there. Its present name means "door to Hari," one of the names of Vishnu, a principal deity of Hinduism.
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