Location
Gateway city where the Ganga enters the plains — Sapta Puri and Kumbh Mela site.
Har Ki Pauri and evening Ganga Aarti draw continuous Hindu pilgrimage; one of the four Kumbh cities.
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Hindu
Living sacred cities of Sapta Puri and South Indian temple pilgrimage — Varanasi, Mathura, Haridwar, Tirupati, Madurai.
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Hindu
Seven cities traditionally said to grant moksha — Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar, Kashi, Kanchipuram, Ujjain, and Dwarka.
India & Nepal
Hindu
Four rotating Kumbh sites on a roughly twelve-year astrological cycle.
India & Nepal
