Hardwār (English spelling)

Japanese: ハルドワール（英語表記）Hardwār

A town in northwestern Uttar Pradesh, northern India. It is located about 160 km northeast of Delhi, at the southern foot of the Shibalik Mountains, on the eastern bank of the Ganges where it flows into the hills. It is a holy place for Hindus, and it is said that the footprints of the god Vishnu remain on the wall of the bathing fountain of the Daksheshwar Temple. Pilgrims from all over the country visit the town for the annual festival in April and the major festival held every 12 years. There are ruins of an ancient castle and temples. The Hardwar Dam (construction started in 1839), which dammed the Ganges, is the source of the Upper Ganges irrigation water, and hydroelectric power is also generated there. There is a power generating machinery factory of the Bharat Heavy Electrical Industries. Population 148,882 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド北部，ウッタルプラデーシュ州北西部の町。デリー北東約 160km，シバーリク山脈南麓，ガンジス川が丘陵地に流入する地点の東岸に位置。ヒンドゥー教の聖地で，ダクシェシュワル寺院の沐浴場の壁には，ビシュヌ神の足型が残るとされている。4月の例祭と 12年ごとの大祭には全国から巡礼が訪れる。古代からの城址や寺院跡がある。ガンジス川をせきとめたハルドワール・ダム (1839着工) は上ガンジス用水の源で，水力発電も行われる。バラト重電機工業の発電機械工場がある。人口 14万 8882 (1991) 。

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