On Day 1 (23 April 2023) of our Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh after a short stop at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, we started at around 8.30 p.m and continued our journey to Rishikesh. On Google map the travel time from Haridwar to Rishikesh was around 45 minutes. But we reached our hotel in Rishikesh at around 10 p.m due to heavy traffic jam at every point.
It was quite frustrating after a day long journey from Hyderabad to New Delhi by flight, cab drive from New Delhi to Haridwar and from there to Rishikesh. I felt it was not a favourable day as our disappointed started with the horrible condition cab. It continued in Haridwar where with the jam packed pilgrims and added to that we couldn't watch Ganga aarti. Next it took almost 3 hours car drive from Haridwar to Rishikesh and finally it peeked when the hotel room was too congested. We booked the hotel room through Makemytrip but unfortunately the pictures shown in the website did not match with the actual room. Somehow we made up our minds to adjust in the room as it is only a night's stay.
As it was past 10 p.m the hotel kitchen was closed so we had dinner in a local restaurant which was not up to the mark and were back to our room. We thought of watching Ganga aarti in Rishikesh the next day morning but on inquiring the locals told that it doesn't take place in Rishikesh. We didn't know whether we were misguided by the locals or by Google where we saw that Ganga aarti takes place in Rishikesh. At the end of our Day 1 tour which was full of disappointment and disgust we retired to bed.
As we were not sure whether Ganga aarti takes place here or not, we dropped the idea of going for aarti. After completing our daily morning chores we had breakfast in the hotel which included poha and aloo parantha. Breakfast was not for a typical South Indian like me who is a idli and dosa lover.
After breakfast we left for Triveni Ghat which is one of the sacred ghats in Rishikesh. Locals told that this ghat is a confluence of 3 rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. After Day 1's upset in Haridwar, we found this place quite peaceful and serene with not much crowd. The river water was chill and as it was Ganga Pushkaram, my husband had holy dip in river Ganga. But I couldn't dare.
From here we proceeded to Mussoorie, a beautiful hill station in Uttarakhand which is at a distance of around 3 hours ride from Rishikesh via Dehradun.
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It was quite frustrating after a day long journey from Hyderabad to New Delhi by flight, cab drive from New Delhi to Haridwar and from there to Rishikesh. I felt it was not a favourable day as our disappointed started with the horrible condition cab. It continued in Haridwar where with the jam packed pilgrims and added to that we couldn't watch Ganga aarti. Next it took almost 3 hours car drive from Haridwar to Rishikesh and finally it peeked when the hotel room was too congested. We booked the hotel room through Makemytrip but unfortunately the pictures shown in the website did not match with the actual room. Somehow we made up our minds to adjust in the room as it is only a night's stay.
As it was past 10 p.m the hotel kitchen was closed so we had dinner in a local restaurant which was not up to the mark and were back to our room. We thought of watching Ganga aarti in Rishikesh the next day morning but on inquiring the locals told that it doesn't take place in Rishikesh. We didn't know whether we were misguided by the locals or by Google where we saw that Ganga aarti takes place in Rishikesh. At the end of our Day 1 tour which was full of disappointment and disgust we retired to bed.
Day 2 (24 April 2023) in Rishikesh
Rishikesh is a spiritual town in Uttarakhand. It is the place where the crystal clear waters of river Ganga touch the foothills of Himalayas before entering the plains in Haridwar. The place is popularly known as the Yoga Capital of the world. As we moved around in Rishikesh in the morning I observed that there are many foreign tourists here who mainly visit this place for Yoga and spiritual elevation amidst nature. While many young Indians visit the place for adventure sports and rafting. And the oldies and traditonal pilgrims visit the place for religious purpose.As we were not sure whether Ganga aarti takes place here or not, we dropped the idea of going for aarti. After completing our daily morning chores we had breakfast in the hotel which included poha and aloo parantha. Breakfast was not for a typical South Indian like me who is a idli and dosa lover.
After breakfast we left for Triveni Ghat which is one of the sacred ghats in Rishikesh. Locals told that this ghat is a confluence of 3 rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. After Day 1's upset in Haridwar, we found this place quite peaceful and serene with not much crowd. The river water was chill and as it was Ganga Pushkaram, my husband had holy dip in river Ganga. But I couldn't dare.
From here we proceeded to Mussoorie, a beautiful hill station in Uttarakhand which is at a distance of around 3 hours ride from Rishikesh via Dehradun.
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