Hin: देहरादून deharāḍūn ‘Valley Camp’ [Dehra Doon] -City/Capital/District, Uttarakhand From Hin: ḍērā, ‘encampment’, ‘temporary settlement’; and dūn(a), ‘valley’ The Doon Valley lies in a valley 4-700m up in the Himalayan foothills. The city itself is surrounded by...
Hin: हरिद्वार haridwār ‘Gateway to the Gods’ – City/District, Uttarakhand. Skt: hari, ‘Vishnu’ (or ‘Shiva’ in Shaiva tradition); dvāra (द्वार) ‘gateway’ Haridwar, one of the seven holiest cities (Sapta Puri) in Hindu tradition, is trulu a Gateway to the Gods....
