View of the Ganges at Kankhal, a suburb of Haridwar.

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View of the Ganges at Kankhal, a suburb of Haridwar. Haridwar is one of India's most sacred Hindu cities. It is in Haridwar that the Ganges breaks out of the foothills of the Himalayas and into the Ganetic plain. Millions of pilgrims visit the city every year to take a holy bath on Har Ki Pairi Ghat, which is said to have a footprint of Vishnu.

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Size: 4900px × 3267px
Location: Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Photo credit: © Aroon Thaewchatturat / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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