Haridwar Hotels

Haridwar is a sacred town where Ganges flows first in Indian soil for the Holy dip, with its ancient name Gangadwara, situated in Uttarakhand, while it is considered one of the seven holy places for Hindus, with legends making it one of the four spots where amrit from the celestial pitcher carried by the sacred bird Garuda spilled, because of which fact a holy dip celebration called Kumbh Mela is observed in Haridwar once every 12 years, like the other three also observing in turns, and the holy bathing ghat called Har Ki Pauri is said to be the spot where the amrit drops fell, these being the basic facts  about Haridwar and to know more about Haridwar, you may choose to get into one of the Tour packages covering this place and offered by Travel Agents, besides the State Tourism, which you can do by logging in to the websites of these organisations.

About hotels in Haridwar there are at least 131 hotels here, of which Radisson Blu Hotel Haridwar, Haveli Hari Ganga, Country Inn & Suites, Classic Residency, Godwin Hotel, Ganga Sadan, Ambrocial Sarovar Portico, Lakshya Hotel, Disney Inn Hotel, Bhaj-Govindam Resort, Park View Hotel, Hotel Hari Heritage, Hotel Hyphen, Hotel Vijayalakshmi Inn, Ganges River, Le Grand Hotel, Khanna Place Hotel, Sun Hotel, Gang Tarang Hotel, Shree Ji Inn and few others are coming under  one, two, three, four & five star rated hotels in Haridwar, while all the hotels, some of them deluxe, economy and budget types, have spacious rooms, clean upkeep and nearer to the market place.

About Haridwar history, this place was under the control of Maurya Empire during 322-185 BCE, Kushan empire from first to third century, during 6th and 7th centuries under King Harshavardhan, in the fourteenth century invaded by Timur Lang, the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak had visited this place and had holy dip at Kushwan Ghat, Moghul emperor Akbar had tasted the Ganges water here, also he immersed the sacred ashes of Raja Mansingh of Amber, also wishing that his own ashes after his death should be immersed in Brahma Kund here. Bimgoda dam in Haridwar was built in 1840, while until 18th century the river Ganga had good flow to facilitate commercial shipping activity by East India Company, the upper Ganges canal opened in 1854, Haridwar Union Municipality constituted in 1868, Haridwar becoming a region for education in Ayurvedic medicines, IIT Roorkie, industrial activity through BHEL establishing their activities there during 20th century, it is still the sacred place of religious pilgrimage for millions of Hindus every day.