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Other · Uttarakhand
Har ki Pauri and Mansa Devi, Haridwar
The Brahma Kund at Har ki Pauri, with Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi on the hills
Pitru and ancestorsRahu and KetuGeneral
The temple in short
Deity
The Brahma Kund at Har ki Pauri, with Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi on the hills
Where
Uttarakhand · 29.95N 78.17E
Usual hours
Ghats all day; Ganga Aarti at dusk — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling.Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Sani Rahu
Visited for
The gate of Hari, where asthi visarjan and tarpanam are done and the family pandas keep the registers. Kumbh, Somvati Amavasya and Kartik Purnima are its seasons.
Kept for Saturn and Rahu, 2 of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.
Har ki Pauri and Mansa Devi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.
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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.