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In Hindu religion and spirituality, pilgrimage has great significance. Members of the faith participate in the following types of pilgrimage where pilgrimage to every sacred site has its own religious significance.

Holy Place : Himalayan Char Dham - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Varanasi/Kashi, Allahabad/Prayag, Haridwar-Rishikesh, Mathura-Vrindavan, and Ayodhya.

Holy Temple : The four Peethas of Puri, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and Badrinath. Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple; Puri home to Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration; ; Tirumala - Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple; Sabarimala home to Swami Ayyappan . Shakti Peethas, of Goddess - Kalighat and Kamakhya. Jyotirlingas

Holy Mela: The Kumbh Mela (the "pitcher festival") is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held every twelve years; the location is rotated among Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain. Shravani Mela of Deoghar. Pitrapaksha Mela of Gaya.

Holy Deity : Kuladaivat Hindu families have their own family patron deity . This deity is common to a lineage, a clan or a locality.

Tombs and Samadhis of Saints: Alandi, Samadhi of Dnyaneshwar: Shirdi, home to Sai Baba of Shirdi,

List

Varanasi is one of the main pilgrimage site
Dwaraka temple
Tirupati temple
Jagannath temple
Badrinath temple
Amarnath temple
Kesava Deo temple
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

There are Four Dhams and Twelve Jyotirlings along with 51 Shakti Peeths in India. The Twelve Jyotirling is Kedarnath distance 18 km from Gorikund Reach by Trek or Helicopter Service by Uttara Tourism.

See also

Jagannath Puri Temple is the most sacred place.

References

Further reading

  • Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan (1983). Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04951-2.
  • Lochtefeld, James G. (28 December 2009). God's Gateway : Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place: Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974158-8.
  • Jacobsen, Knut A. (5 March 2013). Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-59038-9.
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