Haridwar & Rishikesh from Shillong
in February 2027
4.5 hrs by air via Guwahati · from ₹7,500/person
📲 Get Shillong Quote on WhatsApp📅 February 2027 — What to Expect
- ✦Mahashivratri — massive night-long Shiva worship at Haridwar drawing millions to the Ganges
- ✦Haridwar Kumbh Mela bathing ghats — even in non-Kumbh years, Mahashivratri brings Kumbh-scale crowds
- ✦Rishikesh International Yoga Festival approaching (March) — ashrams preview in February
- ✦Neelkanth Mahadev temple trek (22 km from Rishikesh) — Shivratri special puja at the forest shrine
- ✦Vasant Panchami celebrations in Haridwar with yellow-dressed devotees at all ghats
Our Haridwar & Rishikesh Package from Shillong
Haridwar & Rishikesh Spiritual Tour 3N/4D
All-inclusive Haridwar & Rishikesh from Shillong — hotel, meals, AC transport, guide, permits, and Haridwar pickup. Travel in February 2027: Mahashivratri (mid-February) at Haridwar · All sites fully operational.
- ✓ AC transport from Shillong or Haridwar pickup
- ✓ All hotels (twin sharing, with meals)
- ✓ Experienced registered guide
- ✓ All pilgrimage permits and entry fees
- ✓ February specific advice & alerts
Free itinerary · No booking fee · Pay after confirmation
How to Reach from Shillong
Your journey starts at Haridwar. Here's how to get there from Shillong.
| Route | Guwahati (GAU) → Delhi (DEL) → Dehradun (DED) |
| Duration | 4.5 hrs via Delhi |
| Airlines | IndiGo, Air India |
| Fare | ₹6,000–₹12,000 |
| +Transfer | 54 km · 1 hr from Dehradun airport |
| Train | No railway in Shillong — fly or bus to Guwahati |
| From → To | Guwahati (GHY) — 100 km from Shillong → Haridwar via Delhi |
| Duration | 36+ hrs from Guwahati by train |
| +Transfer | 54 km · 1 hr from Dehradun airport |
| Distance | 1,700 km |
| Drive time | ~38 hrs |
| Via | NH-58 / NH-334 |
💡 Pro tip: We arrange airport/station pick-up from Haridwar or Dehradun and get you to the hotel before evening aarti.
Haridwar & Rishikesh from Shillong in February — FAQs
Mahashivratri at Haridwar is one of India's largest single-night religious gatherings. Millions of Kanwariyas (Shiva devotees who carry water from the Ganges for Shiva temples in their home districts) arrive for the sacred Ganga Snan (holy dip). The ritual bathing is continuous from midnight to dawn. All 52 ghats in Haridwar are packed with devotees. The Har Ki Pauri ghat specifically is where the most auspicious bathing spot (Brahmakund) is located, believed to be where Amrit (nectar of immortality) fell during the Samudra Manthan.
Neelkanth Mahadev temple (1,330 m) is one of the most important Shiva temples in Uttarakhand — the spot where Shiva is said to have consumed the poison (Halahal) that emerged from the Samudra Manthan, turning his throat blue (Neelkanth = blue throat). The temple is 22 km from Rishikesh by road (1 hour) or accessible via a 14 km forest trek from Swarg Ashram. On Mahashivratri, hundreds of thousands walk the forest trek as a devotional act. In non-festival February, the trek through Rajaji National Park forest is a peaceful nature-and-spirituality combination.
Yes — Haridwar is the gateway to the entire Uttarakhand mountain system. Within 2–4 hours: Rishikesh (24 km, adventure and yoga), Mussoorie (80 km, hill station), Dehradun (54 km, state capital), Chilla Wildlife Range/Rajaji National Park (10 km, wildlife). Within 5–8 hours: Kedarnath (250 km), Badrinath (325 km), Valley of Flowers (280 km). Haridwar's railway and road connectivity makes it India's best-positioned spiritual-tourism hub. Junegiri Yatra operates all Char Dham, Do Dham, and Kedarnath Yatra packages starting from Haridwar.
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