Garhmukteshvar

Sacred site (tirtha) on the Ganges River
in the Ghaziabad district of the state of
Uttar Pradesh about sixty miles due
east of Delhi. Garhmukteshvar’s primary
temple is dedicated to the god Shiva in
his form as the “Lord of Liberation”
(mukteshvar), but the site’s major
importance comes from its location on
the Ganges as a place for bathing
(snana) and performing memorial rites
(shraddhas) for the dead. Large crowds
gather there to bathe on festival days,
particularly on Kartik Purnima, the full
moon in the lunar month of Kartik
(October–November).