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Haridwar

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Haridwar (här`ĭdwär') or Hardwar (här`dwär'), city (1991 pop. 187,392), Uttaranchal state, N India, on the Ganges River. The headworks of the Ganges Canal system are located in Haridwar. Annual and duodecennial pilgrimages are associated with the town's Hindu temple and with the Ganges. The Gurukul school, founded in 1902, is a center of Vedic studies.
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Byline: ANI New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Pravin Togadia said here on Tuesday that a meeting of Hindu saints during Poorna Kumbha in Haridwar will decide on the future course of Ramjanmbhoomi movement.
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