Riding palanquins, images of about 400 local deities will be brought to Har-Ki-Pauri at Haridwar on April 22 along with lakhs of devotees for the last major bathing day of Ardh Kumbh. Before the practice of a collective divine bath was initiated at Kumbh 2010 in Haridwar, the deities were taken in processions at different ...

President Pranab Mukherjee, who attended the Ganga aarti at Har-ki-Pauri here today evening, is the third President to offer prayers to the holy river. Earlier first President of India Dr Rajendra Prasad and seventh President Dr Giani Zail Singh had taken part in the Ganga aarti in Haridwar. In 1959, Dr Rajendra Prasad had performed ...

On the third day of his visit, President Pranab Mukherjee offered prayers and took part in the famous Ganga aarti at Har-Ki-pauri. After the rituals, Mukherjee was accorded a warm welcome by priests and office bearers of the Ganga Sabha. In the Ganga Sabha visitors book, the President wrote: “I was overwhelmed to see the ...