Pilgrimage places in India

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[[Religion]] and [[spirituality]], a [[pilgrimage]] is a long [[quest|journey]] or search of great [[moral]] significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or [[shrine]] of importance to a person's [[belief]]s and [[faith]]. Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a [[pilgrim]].

==Hinduism==
{{main|Hindu pilgrimage sites in India}}
Most Hindus who can afford to go on such journeys numerous iconic sites during [https://www.trinetratoursindia.com/ tours to India] including those below:

* [[Ainavilli]]
*[[Allahabad]]
* [[Amararama]]
* [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district]]
* [[Amarkantak]]
* [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath]]
* [[Anandashram, Kanhangad]]
*[[Annavaram]]
*[[Antarvedi]]
* [[Arasavalli]]
* [[Attukal]]
* [[Avittathur]]
* [[Ayodhya]]
* [[Baba Dhansar]]
* [[Badrinath]]
*[[Barsana]]
* [[Basistha Ashram]]
*[[Batu Caves]]
* [[Belur Math]]
*[[Bhadrachalam]]
*[[Bhattiprolu]]
* [[Bhavani]]
* [[Bhimashankar Temple]]
*[[Biccavolu]]
* [[Vrindavan]]
*[[Chebrolu, Guntur district]]
* [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)|Chitrakuta]]
* [[Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram|Chidambaram]]
* [[Dakor]]
* [[Dharmasthala]]
* [[Draksharama]]
* [[Dwaraka Pītha]]
* [[Dwarka]]
*[[Dwaraka Tirumala]]
* [[Gajanan Maharaj]]
* [[Gangotri]]
* [[Gaya, India]]
* [[Ghatikachala]]
* [[Godachi Veerbhadhreshwar Temple]]
* [[Gor Khuttree]]
* [[Gosaikunda]]
* [[Govardhana matha]]
* [[Govindavadi]]
* [[Guruvayur]]
* [[Hajo]]
* [[Haridwar]]
* [[Hemkund]]
* [[Annapoorneshwari Temple|Hornad, Annapurnadevi Temple]]
* [[Idagunji]]
*[[Jonnawada]]
* [[Jyotirlinga]]
* [[Jyotirmath]]
* [[Kalaram Temple]]
*[[Kaleshwaram]]
* [[Kalighat Temple]], Kolkata
* [[Kancheepuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Karanja Lad|Karanja Datta Mandir]]
* [[Kataragama]]
* [[Kateel]]
* [[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir|Katra]]
* [[Kedarnath]]
* [[Kodlamane Shree Vishnumurthy Temple]], [[Karnataka]]
* [[Kolhapur]]
* [[Kollur, Udupi district|Kollur]]
* [[Konark]]
*[[Kotappakonda]]
* [[Ksheerarama]]
* [[kuchanpally]]
* [[Kukke Subramanya Temple]]
* [[Kumararama]]
* [[Kumbakonam]]
* [[Kumbh Mela]]
* [[Kurukshetra]]
* [[Kurupuram]]
* [[Madurai Meenakshi Temple]]
* [[Kullu]]
* [[Maihar|Maihar Devi]]
* [[Mahur, Maharashtra|Mahur, Renuka Devi]]
* [[Mehandipur Balaji Temple|Mehandipur Balaji, Rajasthan]]
* [[Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi]]
* [[Manikaran]]
* [[Mayapur]]
* [[Mantralayam|Mantralayam, Raghavendr Swamy Temple]]
* [[Mount Abu]]
* [[Mount Kailash]]
* [[Mukhalingam]]
* [[Narasimha Konda]]
* Narayanalayam
* [[Narmada River]]
* [[Nashik]]
* [[Nellitheertha]]
* [[Omkareshwar]]
* [[Palani Murugan Temple|Palani]]
* [[Pancharama Kshetras]]
* [[Panchavati]]
* [[Pandharpur]]
* [[Parshuram Kund]]
* [[Pithapuram]]
* [[Puri]]
* [[Pushkar]]
* [[Puttaparthi]] Sri Sathya Saibaba
* [[Ramatheertham]]
* [[Rameswaram]]
* [[Rishikesh]]
* [[Ryali]]
* [[Ayyappan|Sabarimala Swamisaranam]]
* [[Salasar Balaji|Salasar Balaji, churu Rajasthan]]
* [[Sangam, Srikakulam district]]
* [[Saptashrangi]]
* [[Shirdi]]
* [[Shivkhori]]
* [[Shri Kali Temple, Sanganeri Gate, Jaipur (Rajasthan)]]
* [[Shri Mahadev Mandir]]
* [[Simhachalam]]
* [[Sivagiri, Kerala]]
* [[Somarama]]
* [[Sri Kurmam]]
* [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham]]
* [[Srirangam]]
* [[Srisailam]]
* [[Talapady]]
* [[Thanjavur]]
* [[Thiruchendur]]
* [[Thirumanthamkunnu Temple]]
* [[Thrissur]]
* [[Tirtha and Kshetra]]
* [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]]
*[[Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple]]
*[[Tripuranthakam]]
* [[Tuljapur]] Bhavani temple
* [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[Udupi]]
* [[Ujjain]]
*[[Undavalli]],[[Undavalli Caves]]
* [[Vaishno Devi]]
* [[Vani (Nashik)]]
* [[Varanasi]]
*[[Vijayawada]], [[Kanaka Durga Temple]]
*[[Vindhyachal]]
* [[Pandharpur|Vithoba]]
* [[Vrindavan]]
* [[Yamunotri]]
* [[Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Yadagirigutta|Yadagirigutta]]

These Hindu pilgrimage sites can be divided into {{transl|hi|dhams}}, {{transl|hi|kumbhs}}, {{transl|hi|jyotirlingas}}, devi sites etc. Every category has got its own significance. It is believed that visiting {{transl|hi|char dhams}} help one to attain salvation. There are four {{transl|hi|dhams}} and twelve {{transl|hi|jyotirlings}} along with 51 {{transl|hi|shakti Peeths}} in India.

==Sikhism==
* [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]]
* [[Patna Sahib]] (Bihar)
* [[Gurdwara Bangla Sahib]] ( Delhi)
* [[Paonta Sahib]] (Himachal Pradesh)
* [[Anandpur Sahib]] (Punjab)
* [[Baba Bakala]] (Punjab)
*[[Goindval|Goindwal Sahib]] (Punjab)
* [[Tarn Taran Sahib|Taran Taran]] (Punjab)
* [[Sirhind]] (Punjab)
* [[Hemkund|HemKund Sahib]] (Uttarakhand)
* [[Huzur Sahib|Nanded Sahib]] (Maharashtra)
*[[takhat Shri Hazur Sahib ]] (Maharashtra)

==Islam==
* [[Shah-e-Alam's Roza|Rauzaa of Shah-e-Alam]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]
* [[Furfura Sharif]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[West Bengal]]
* [[Hazratbal Shrine, Srinagar]]
* [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah]] - the {{transl|ar|[[dargah]]}} of [[Moinuddin Chishti]], [[Ajmer]]
* [[Haji Ali Dargah]], [[Mumbai]]
* [[Rauza Sharif]] - the {{transl|ar|[[rauza]]}} of [[Ahmad Sirhindi|Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi]], in [[Sirhind-Fategarh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab State]]
* [[Dargah]] of [[Khawaja Kanoon Sahib]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Mazar-e-Najmi]], [[Ujjain]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Buddishai Baba Dargah]] in [[Telangana]]
* [[Nizamuddin Dargah|Dargah of Nizamuddin Chishti]], [[Delhi]]
* [[Valley of Saints]] at [[Khuldabad]]
* [[Thiruparankundram Dargah]] in [[Thiruparankundram]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat]] - [[Dargah]] of [[Ahmed Raza Khan|Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]], in [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]

In addition to being places of {{transl|ar|[[ziyarat]]}}, {{transl|ar|dargahs}} and {{transl|ar|rauzas}} have often served as places for Islamic education and the training of new [[ulema]], as centres of [[Sufi]] [[tariqa|turuq]]. For example, many [[Sunni]] [[ulema]] educated in the [[Chishti Order]] were educated in [[Delhi]], where the tomb of [[Nizamuddin Auliya]] is and where his students are well established. Movements within the [[ulema]], such as the [[Deobandi]] or [[Barelvi]] movements, are so named because they are associated with particularly influential seminaries and madrassahs (like the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in [[Deoband]], or the [[Urs-e-Razavi]] in [[Bareilly]], the latter of which is so named because it is located at the {{transl|ar|rauza}} of Imam [[Ahmad Raza Khan]]).

During the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal era]], [[Surat]] was a common port for Muslims across [[North India|North]] and [[Western India|West India]] to depart for the [[Hajj]].

== Buddhism ==
{{Main|Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India}}
* [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district|Amaravati]]:
*[[Bavikonda]]:
*[[Bhattiprolu]]:
*[[Bodh Gaya]]: the place of his [[Enlightenment (Buddhism)|Enlightenment]] (in the current [[Mahabodhi Temple]]).
*[[Chandavaram]], [[Chandavaram Buddhist site]]:
*[[Dharanikota]]
*[[Gudivada]]
* [[Guntupalle, West Godavari district|Guntupalle]], [[Guntupalli Group of Buddhist Monuments]]:
*[[Jaggayyapeta]]:
* [[Kusinara]]: (now [[Kusinagar]], India) where he died.
*[[Nagarjuna Konda]]:
*[[Nelakondapalli]]
*[[Rajgir]]: Place of the subduing of [[Nalagiri]], the angry elephant, through friendliness. Rajgir was another major city of ancient India. It has strong connection with buddhism.[http://travelnewsindia.com/best-tourist-places-visit-rajgir/]
*[[Salihundam]]
*[[Sankasia]]: Place of the descending to earth from [[Tusita]] heaven (after a stay of 3 months teaching his mother the [[Abhidhamma]]).
*[[Sarnath]]: (formally [[Isipathana]]) where he delivered his first teaching.
*[[Sravasti]]: Place of the [[Twin Miracle]], showing his supernatural abilities in performance of miracles. Sravasti is also the place where Buddha spent the largest amount of time, being a major city in ancient India.
*[[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]]: Place of receiving an offering of honey from a monkey. Vaishali was the capital of the [[Vajjian Republic]] of ancient India.
Some other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of [[Gautama Buddha]] are: [[Patna|Pataliputta]], [[Nalanda]], [[Vikramshila]], [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Kapilavastu (ancient city)|Kapilavastu]], [[Kausambi|Kosambi]], [[Sanchi]], [[Varanasi]], [[Kesariya]], [[Devadaha]], [[Pava]] and [[Mathura]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Dhauli]] Stupa, near [[Puri]], [[Odisha]], etc.

There are many places scattered across mainland India, where one can find the relics of ancient [[Mauryan]] and the [[Gupta Empire]], who championed and help propagate the Buddhist faith across most of India, South East and far East Asian countries.

==Jainism==
{{main|Tirtha (Jainism)}}
* ''North India'': [[Hastinapur]], [[Taxila]], and Ashtapada
* ''South India'': Shravanabelagola, [[Moodabidri]], [[Humbaj]], [[Anantnath Swami Temple]] near [[Kalpetta]]
* ''Eastern India'': [[Shikharji]], [[Pawapuri]], Champa, Pundravardhan
* ''Western India'': [[Palitana temples|Palitana]], [[Girnar]], [[Mount Abu]], [[Shri Mahavirji|Mahavirji]], [[Shankheshwar]], [[Mahudi]]
* ''Central India'': Vidisha, [[Kundalpur]], Sonagir

==Zoroastrianism==
The Zoroastrians take pilgrimage trips in India to the eight [[Atash Behram]]s in India and one in Yazd.

==Christianity==
* [[Goa]]. St. [[Francis Xavier]]
* [[St. Thomas Mount]]. Place where St. Thomas was martyred.
* [[St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church, Malayattoor]] is one of the eight international shrines in the world, situated in Malayattoor Angamaly, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.
* [[Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health|Vailankanni]]. 16th-century Marian apparition site.
* [[Divine Mercy Shrine of Holy Mary|Thodupuzha]]. Divine Mercy Shrine of Holy Mary - Marian apparition site.
* Shrine of the Infant Jesus, Nashik, Maharashtra.
* St. Jude Shrine, Jhansi
* Mount Mary Church, Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra
* St Peter's and St Paul's Orthodox church (Parumala church), Parumala, Kerala.
* St George Orthodox church, Puthupally.
* Kattachira St Mary's Orthodox Church.
* Niranam St Mary's Orthodox church.
*St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, [[Bharananganam]], tomb of [[Saint Alphonsa]], the first woman of Indian origin to be [[Canonization|canonised]] as a saint by the [[Catholic Church]], and the first canonised saint of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]]

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