A holy place for Hindus on the river Ganges at the foothill of Himalayas, about 130 miles north of Delhi.

Hrishikesh (also spelled Rishikesh) is a city and a municipal board in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Hrishikesh (from Hrishikesh, another name for Lord Vishnu) is a holy city for Hindus located in the foothills of the Himalaya in northern India. It is also known as the gateway to Himalayas and it located about 25 kilometers away from another holy city, Haridwar, and is considered an access point for the cities that form the Char Dham - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri.