Ganga Sabha secretary Ujjwal Pundit, who oversaw the installation of hoardings and flex boards around Har ki Pauri, said the restrictions were necessary to 'preserve the sanctity' of the Ganga ghats.

Shri Ganga Sabha installed posters at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar declaring it a 'Non-Hindus Prohibited Entry Zone' amid demands to restrict non-Hindu access ahead of Ardh Kumbh 2027.

The Ganga Sabha in Haridwar installed boards prohibiting non-Hindus from entering Har-ki-Pauri to “preserve the sanctity and ...

Signs reading 'Non-Hindu Prohibited Area' have been erected at Haridwar's Har ki Pauri, with the Ganga Sabha citing colonial-era municipal bylaws from 1916 to justify the restrictions. The ...

HARIDWAR: New notice boards citing an over a century-old municipal bylaw restricting the entry of non-Hindus at Har-ki-Pauri, the city's most prominen.

Haridwar, the sacred city of the Kumbh Mela, welcomes millions of devotees who come to take a holy dip in the Ganga. It also marks the beginning of the revered Char Dham Yatra. In this spiritually ...

If the water level increases further, villages on the banks of the Ganga could be flooded, houses and farms fields in low-lying areas could be waterlogged. HARIDWAR: The water level of the Ganga in ...