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Every year generally on the night of
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festival in 1819, 430 people died from crush injuries that resulted from thousands of people pushing to get to the Ganges to bathe. As a result, the ghat was expanded to 100 feet (30 metres) and sixty steps were added the
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who had come to meditate here on the bank of the Ganges. An area within Har Ki Pauri, where the evening Ganga Aarti takes places and which is considered most sacred is known as
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praises. At that time the priests hold large Fire Bowls in their hands, rungs bells at the temples situated at the ghat and chants are chanted by the priests. People flick
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through which the Ganga is diverted just to the north. Har Ki Pauri is also the area where thousands of pilgrims converge and the festivities commence during the
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It is believed that it is the precise spot where the Ganga leaves the mountains and enters the plains. The ghat is on the west bank of
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342:"Har Ki Pauri Haridwar - Har Ki Pauri Haridwar Uttarakhand India"
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On the banks of the Gaṅgā: when wastewater meets a sacred river
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178:Ganga Aarti
172:clock tower
72:Kumbha Mela
68:Ganga canal
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