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Haridwar
One of Hinduism's seven holiest cities where the Ganges emerges from the Himalayas, famed for the nightly Ganga Aarti ceremony at Har Ki Pauri.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Roorkee
Uttarakhand, India · Asia
About Roorkee
Roorkee is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Manglaur, 28km from Haridwar.
Roorkee is in Uttarakhand, India, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Manglaur, about 8 km away.
Roorkee (Rūṛkī; Hindi: [ɾuːɽkiː]), formerly also anglicized as Rurki, is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 31 km (19 mi) from Haridwar, the district headquarters. It is spread over a flat terrain under the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas. The city isRead more
developed on the banks of the Ganges Canal, its dominant feature, which flows from north–south through the middle of the city.
Roorkee is home to Asia's Second engineering college the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly known as Thomson College of Civil Engineering. Roorkee is also known for the Roorkee Cantonment, one of the country's oldest military establishments and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group since 1853.
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Within an hour or so of Roorkee: Haridwar (28 km), Rishikesh (47 km).
Where is Roorkee?
Roorkee is in Uttarakhand, India, about 8 km from Manglaur.
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- Population
- 103,894
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Uttarakhand
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 29.8663, 77.8912
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Rishikesh
The Yoga Capital of the World on the banks of the Ganges, famous for ashrams, the Beatles' visit, and white-water rafting.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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