Haridvāra (Hardwar)—a famous place of pilgrimage in the northern foothills of the Himālaya Mountains. This is where Ajāmila went for purification, where Prajāpati Dakṣa performed his sacrifice and lost his daughter Satī, and where some drops of nectar falling from the hand of Mohinī-mūrti, the Lord's incarnation as a woman, landed. Because these drops of nectar fell, there is a Kumbha-melā every twelve years here. Nowadays the town is known as Haradwara, meaning "the gateway to Lord Śiva."
Haridvara (Hardwar)-a famous place of pilgrimage in the northern foothills of the Himalaya Mountains. This is where Ajamila went for purification, where Prajapati Daksa performed his sacrifice and lost his daughter Sati, and where some drops of nectar falling from the hand of Mohini-mūrti, the Lord's incarnation as a woman, landed. Because these drops of nectar fell, there is a Kumbha-mela every twelve years here. Nowadays the town is known as Haradwara, meaning "the gateway to Lord Siva."
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