Bell Tolls in Haridwar - Day 2 -Rebirth

Reached haridwar at around 5.00 am, railway station was horribly crowded , that gave a feeling that we are at wrong time , got out and got into cycle rikshaw and headed towards Har-ki-Pauri, it was about 1 km from Railway staion.

Hari-ki-pauri

Hari-ki-pauri is considered as the most sacred and auspicious point to bathe in the Ganga, It is also known as bhrahma-kund.
ghat was too crowded , current in ganga was high, iron chains were fixed on the bank ..
closed eyes and hold on the chain and took holly dip in the ash colored ice cold water , suppose to be a rebirth , sins might have washed away..
wanted to stay there for long , but trip-plan didn't allow us to stay there . we came back and caught rikshaw to rishikesh (26km from haridwar) our room were booked in advance with Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN)'s rishilok guest house, rooms were decent and clean it got a good restaurant too.
we checked in around 7:30 and started exploring rishikesh in next half an hour.

Ram jula
Ganga Arthi