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Site Name:   Har Ki Pauri Site Type:  River ghat; a sacred place for Hindus Location:   Haridwar, Uttarakhand state, India Highlights:   The most important site in Haridwar Nearest Railway Station:   Haridwar Nearest Airport:  Dehradun - 35 kms from Haridwar How to reach:  Well connected by road  Hotel:  A lot of options including low cost and free accommodation such as ashrams Restaurants:  Varieties of options - but only vegetarian Haridwar  is a relgious city located on the banks of the beautiful Ganges river in Uttarakhand state of India. The city is an ancient city and has so many sacred places and temples for Hindus. It is considered as one of the seven most sacred sites of Hindus. Haridwar is dotted with a lot of religiously important sites such as temples and ghats. Let us explore the most important site in Haridwar, Har Ki Pauri, in this article. Haridwar is located on the foot hills of Shivaliks mountain range. The Ganges river which leaves the mo

Site Name:   Haridwar Site Type:  Hindu religious site Location:   Haridwar, Uttarakhand state, India Highlights:   One of the seven sacred sites of Hindus Nearest Railway Station:   Haridwar Nearest Airport:  Dehradun - 35 kms from Haridwar How to reach:  Well connected by road  Hotel:  A lot of options including low cost and free accommodation such as ashrams Restaurants:  Varieties of options - but only vegetarian Haridwar  is a relgious city located on the banks of the beautiful Ganges river in Uttarakhand state of India. The city is an ancient city and has so many sacred places and temples for Hindus. It is considered as one of the seven most sacred sites of Hindus. The other six sacred sites are Ayodhya, Mathura, Kasi, Kanchipuram, Puri and Dvaravati.  Haridwar is located on the foot hills of Shivaliks mountain range . The Ganges river leaves the mountains and enters the plains in Haridwar. It is considered as the gateway to the four major pilgrim si

Site Name:  Vaidyanatha Swamy and Ramanjaneyar Temples Site Type:  Hindu Temple Location:    Tambaram, near Chennai  city, Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   Twin temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Rama Nearest Railway Station:   Tambaram Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road, rail and air Hotel:  All sorts of options are available in Chennai Restaurants:  All sorts of options are available in Chennai Tambaram  is a town located near Chennai city in South India. There is a twin temple dedicated to Shiva and Rama in this town. Let us explore this temple in this article. Highlights: God - Vaidyanatha Swamy /Rama Goddess - Thaiyal Nayaki /Sita, Maha Lakshmi and Andal Twin temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Rama Introduction: The twin temple of Lord Vaidyanatha Swamy (Shiva) and Lord Rama is located in the Airport road in Tambaram Sanatorium area near Chennai city in South India. As it is located in t

Site Name:  Golkonda Fort Site Type:  Fort Location:    Hyderabad  city, Telungana state, India Highlights:   A historical fort and one of the most popular forts in entire India Nearest Railway Station:   Hyderabad Nearest Airport:   Hyderabad How to reach:   Well connected by road, rail and air Hotel:  All sorts of options are available in Hyderabad  Restaurants:  Hyderabad city has no shortage of restaurants of all varieties Hyderabad  is an important city in South India. It is the capital city of the newly formed Telangana state as well as Andhra Pradesh state of India. Hyderabad, which is also called as 'the city of Pearls' is a historical city. In the last two decades, the city became very popular thanks to the IT companies. There are many popular and varieties of tourist spots such as forts, palaces, lakes, masjids and temples located in this city. Let us explore one of the most important tourist destinations of the city,  Golkonda Fort , in this ar

Site Name:  Balaji Temple Site Type:  A Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Balaji Location:    Chilkur village, near Hyderabad  city, Telungana state, India Highlights:   It is believed that a visit to this temple will ensure the devotees to get US visa successfully Nearest Railway Station:   Hyderabad Nearest Airport:   Hyderabad How to reach:   Well connected by road from Hyderabad Hotel:  All sorts of options are available in Hyderabad  Restaurants:  Go to Hyderabad Hyderabad  is an important city in South India. It is the capital city of the newly formed Telangana state as well as Andhra Pradesh state of India. Hyderabad, which is also called as 'the city of Pearls' is a historical city. In the last two decades, the city became very popular thanks to the IT companies. There are many popular and varieties of tourist spots such as forts, palaces, lakes, masjids and temples located in this city. Let us explore one such popular site named Visa Balaji temple i