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...
Preserving Sanatana Haindava Dharma through temples, traditions and timeless wisdom - Sobha Kalyani.