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It was a special bathing ahead. The next day was ekadashi (Ekadashi is the eleventh day after full moon or new moon) and was special to the sadhus. They were coming from different places to have a bathe at "Har ki Pouri" ghat of Hardwar. That night, the city of Hardwar was populated by sadhus. By the next afternoon they disappeared. I snapped them close to Saptarishi Ghat at the outskirts of Hardwar, 5 to 6 km away from the city.
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Haridwar (available @ http://www.templenet.com/Himalaya/haridwar.html) is a very old city of India. On a special occassion you will find the whole of India here. Haridwar is well connected with the rest of India. You may reach there by train and by bus(from Delhi mainly). Best time to visit is November to March.
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In India, a religious ascetic or holy person. Sadhus are typically wandering ascetics who subsist on alms. They may follow the tenets of a particular belief system, such as Hinduism or Jainism, but are more typically regarded as saintly in their own right.