Overview
- The shrine’s managing body installed signs at multiple entry points declaring Har Ki Pauri off-limits to non-Hindus.
- Haridwar municipal officials acknowledged the boards but said no government directive exists and action awaits state instructions.
- Shri Ganga Sabha cites 1916 municipal bylaws as the basis for the restriction and seeks to extend it to all 105 Ganga ghats, also urging agencies not to post non-Hindu staff there.
- Officials note post-Independence 1954 bylaws that generally bar non-Hindus at specified platforms yet exempt government employees on duty.
- The push followed a viral video of two locals in Arab attire filming at the ghat who were detained and released, as parties clashed over constitutional rights versus preserving traditions.