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Rishikesh
Rishikesh is one the holy cities of India, the “Yoga capital of the world” in modern time, and the reason being that most of the Yogis practicing and teaching Yoga in the whole world, directly or indirectly can find their roots in this place. One of the unique things about this place is that it is a totally vegetarian town the people joke that even dog’s are vegetarian in Rishikesh. It's about a 6 hours ride from Delhi, and Rishikesh is also a major gateway to the Himalayas.
About 26 Kms from Haridwar. Located in the laps of lower Himalayas, and is surrounded by scenic beauty of the hills on three sides with Holy Ganga flowing through it.
The pace in Rishikesh is much mellower than any big cities such as Delhi or Mumbai, and on can still enjoy walking about town undisturbed by touts and hawkers. The whole place is considered to be sacred as it is believed that meditation at this place leads to attainment of salvation. There are many temples-some ancient, some new along the river Ganges. Rishikesh is important not only as pilgrimage centre closely associated with the Hindu faith , but also as home for many important centres of Hindu religious thought and spirituality, and Yoga Centres/Ashrams. There are a many ashrams and Yoga institutes here. Rishikesh is also the gateway and the start-off point for journeys to important religious places like Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri.
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