 Garhmukteshwar is situated on National Highway 9, which connects it to New Delhi, which is around away, and puts the town, which is from the Ganges River, on a direct route from India's capital city to that river.Garhmukteshwar is an ancient place that is mentioned in the "Bhagavata Purana" and the "Mahabharata".There are claims that it was a part of ancient Hastinapur, the capital of the Pandavas.