Haridwar is viewed as one of the seven holiest spots to Hindus. As indicated by the Samudra Manthan, Haridwar alongside Ujjain, Nashik, and Prayag (Allahabad) is one of four locales where drops of Amrit, the solution of interminability, unintentionally overflowed from the pitcher while being conveyed by the heavenly winged animal Garuda. This is showed in the Kumbha Mela is praised like clockwork in one of the 4 spots, and in this way at regular intervals in Haridwar. In the midst of the Kumbha Mela, a large number of explorers, lovers, and voyagers assemble to perform formal showering on the banks of the stream Ganges to wash away their wrongdoings to achieve Moksha.
Brahma Kund, the spot where the Amrit fell, is situated at Har ki Pauri (actually, “strides of the Lord”) and is viewed as the most sacrosanct ghat of Haridwar.It is the central command and the biggest city of the area