Ganga Sabha secretary Ujjwal Pundit, who oversaw the installation of hoardings and flex boards around Har ki Pauri, said the restrictions were necessary to 'preserve the sanctity' of the Ganga ghats.

HARIDWAR: New notice boards citing an over a century-old municipal bylaw restricting the entry of non-Hindus at Har-ki-Pauri, the city's most prominen.

Opposition parties criticised the move as unconstitutional, saying that the country belongs to everyone and not just one particular community.

The Ganga Sabha has also demanded that Uttarakhand refrain from deploying non-Hindu government officials and police personnel on duty at Har-ki-Pauri.

Har Ki Pauri, a revered site in Hinduism, has implemented signs prohibiting non-Hindus from entry, citing a 1916 municipal by ...

While the Gangotri ban is immediate, the proposals for the Char Dham shrines and the Haridwar ghats are still under ...

Amid demands to declare the Haridwar Kumbh area in Uttarakhand a Hindu zone and restrict entry to non-Hindus at all religious places and Ganga ghats within it, signs reading 'Non-Hindu prohibited area ...

The Ganga Sabha in Haridwar installed boards prohibiting non-Hindus from entering Har-ki-Pauri to “preserve the sanctity and spiritual significance of this ancient Hindu pilgrimage site”.

Police have detained two men after a video purportedly showing them, wearing ’sheikh’ attire (kandura), roaming around Har Ki Pauri and bathing at Ganga ghat ...

Veteran actor Dharmendra's ashes were immersed at one of the sacred ghats, 'Har Ki Pauri', situated on the banks of the river Ganga in the city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning, ...