Hindu Pilgrimage Sites In India

This article covers Hindu Pilgrimage Sites In India.

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

Holy Place: Tirupathi Himalayan Char Dham – Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Varanasi/Kashi, Prayagraj, Haridwar-Rishikesh, Mathura-Vrindavan, Somnath, Dwarka, and Ayodhya.

Holy Fairs: The Kumbh Mela (the “pitcher festival”) is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held four times every twelve years; the location is rotated among the four cities of Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain. Shravani Mela of Deoghar and Pitrapaksha Mela of Gaya are also notable holy fairs.

Amarnath temple

Amarnath temple

Holy Temples: the Char Dham of Rameswaram, Dwarka, Puri, 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; the Shakti Peethas; the twelve Jyotirlingas; the seven Sapta Puri; the Pancha Bhoota Stalam.

Mahamaham: the famous festival in temple town of Kumbakonam which is celebrated once in 12 years.

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: Mantralayam, samadhi of Raghavendra Tirtha, Belur Math which enshrine that Holy remains of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda Puri, and other direct Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, Tulsi Ghat, Varanasi where Saint Tulsidas left his mortal coil, Samadhi Mandir of Saint Kabir at Gorakhpur, near Varanasi, Panchaganga Ghat, Varanasi where Trailanga Swami lived and left his mortal body, Karar Ashram, Puri where Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, attained the Mahasamadhi.

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  • 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra
  • Adhi Thiruvarangam
  • Ahobilam
  • Alagar Koyil
  • Akshardham (Delhi)
  • Alandi
  • Amararama
  • Amarnath
  • Anegudde
  • Anaimalai
  • Arasavalli
  • Ashtavinayak temples
  • Attukal
  • Avittathur
  • Avudaiyarkoil
  • Ayodhya
  • Badrinath
  • Baidyanath Temple
  • Bangalore
  • Batu Caves
  • Belur Math
  • Bhadrachalam
  • Bhavani
  • Bhimashankar Temple
  • Chennai
  • Chidambaram
  • Chitrakuta
  • Chottanikkara
  • Dharmasthala
  • Divya Desams
  • Draksharama
  • Dwarka
  • Gangotri
  • Gaya
  • Ghatikachala
  • Gokarna
  • Gokul
  • Golden Temple, Sripuram
  • Govardhan
  • Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga
  • Guruvayur
  • Hampi
  • Haridwar
  • Horanadu
  • Idagunji
  • Jejuri
  • Jyotirmath
  • Kalaram Temple
  • Kalasa
  • Kalavai
  • Kanchipuram
  • Kanipakam
  • Kanyakumari
  • Kateel
  • Kedarnath
  • Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Temple
  • Kollur
  • Konark
  • Koothanur
  • Ksheerarama
  • Kudalasangama
  • Kukke Subramanya Temple
  • Kumararama
  • Kumbakonam
  • Kurukshetra
  • Laxminarayan Temple,Delhi
  • Lingaraj Temple
  • Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga
  • Madurai
  • Maha Devi Tirth temple in Kullu
  • Mahabalipuram
  • Mantralayam
  • Marudhamalai
  • Mathura
  • Melmaruvathur
  • Melmalayanur
  • Mount Abu
  • Mount Kailash
  • Mukhalingam
  • Mumbai
  • Murdeshwar
  • Mysore
  • Nageshwar Temple
  • Namakkal Anjaneyar Temple
  • Nashik
  • Navagraham Temples
  • Nellitheertha
  • Omkareshwar
  • Paadal Petra Sthalam
  • Padmavathi Temple, Tiruchanur
  • Palani
  • Pallikondeswara Temple, Surutapalli
  • Pancharama Kshetras
  • Pancharanga Kshetrams
  • Panchavati
  • Panchavatee Hanuman Temple
  • Pandharpur
  • Papanasam
  • Pazhamudircholai
  • Pillayarpatti
  • Pithapuram
  • Prayagraj
  • Punnainallur Mariamman Temple
  • Puri
  • Pushkar
  • Puttaparthy Sri Sathya Sai
  • Puttlur
  • Ramatheertham
  • Rameswaram
  • Rishikesh
  • Sabarimalai
  • Samayapuram
  • Satyagnana Sabha, Vadalur
  • Shani Shingnapur
  • Shirdi
  • Simhachalam
  • Somanath
  • Somarama
  • Sri Kurmam
  • Srikalahasti
  • Sringeri
  • Srirangam
  • Srisailam
  • Srivilliputhur
  • Swamimalai
  • Suchindram
  • Swamithoppe
  • Tenkasi
  • Thanjavur
  • Thennangur
  • Thiruchendur
  • Thiruparankundram
  • Thiruthani
  • Thiruvananthapuram
  • Thiruverkadu
  • Thrissur
  • Tirupati
  • Thiruvanaikaval
  • Tiruvannamalai
  • Trichy Uchi Pillayar Temple
  • Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple
  • Tuljapur Bhavani temple
  • Udupi
  • Ujjain
  • Vaishno Devi
  • Varanasi
  • Vellore
  • Vijayawada
  • Vindhayachal
  • Vrindavan
  • Yadagirigutta Temple
  • Yamunotri

There are four Dhams and twelve Jyotirlings along with 51 Shakti Peeths in India. The twelve Jyotirlings are Kedarnath distance 18 km from Gorikund, reached by trek or helicopter service by Uttara Tourism.

See also

Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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