Pilgrimage destination of different religions(India & World)

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone's own beliefs. Many religions attach spiritual importance to particular places: the place of birth or death of founders or saints, or to the place of their "calling" or spiritual awakening, or of their connection (visual or verbal) with the divine, to locations where miracles were performed or witnessed, or locations where a deity is said to live or be "housed", or any site that is seen to have special spiritual powers. Such sites may be commemorated with shrines or temples that devotees are encouraged to visit for their own spiritual benefit: to be healed or have questions answered or to achieve some other spiritual benefit. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. As a common human experience, pilgrimage has been proposed as a Jungian archetype by Wallace Clift and Jean Dalby Clift.

The Holy Land acts as a focal point for the pilgrimages of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. According to a Stockholm University study in 2011, these pilgrims visit the Holy Land to touch and see physical manifestations of their faith, confirm their beliefs in the holy context with collective excitation, and connect personally to the Holy Land.

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2. INTRODUCTION: A Pilgrimage  is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith . 

3. Classifications: They are identified into the religious sites they are, 1. Buddhism 2. Hinduism 3. Sikhism 4. Islam 5. Christianity & etc. E very year millions of people or pilgrims travel to places with unique spiritual significance in hopes of experiencing elevation & attaining a new degree of wisdom.

4. Major Pilgrim Places,(World). Machu Picchu, Peru: It’s effectively a holy site for tourists today. Machu Picchu was also a destination for Inca pilgrims, the birthplace of the Incas and even a prison. Today, thousands of tourists follow the footprints of the ancient Inca people. 2. Mount Kailash, Tibet: It is located in the Himalayan region, Tibet. This is different from the other four religions, to perform one of the shortest but most difficult pilgrimages in the world. A 52-kilometre walk around the base of the mountain is said to bring good luck to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpos if completed in a single day.

5. Machu Picchu

6. Mount Kailash

7. 3. Bodh Gaya, India : According to Buddhist tradition, some 2,600 years ago Gautama Buddha sat beneath a Bodhi tree in what is now Bodh Gaya, India and attained enlightenment, that is why Buddhists around the world flock to this famous site, where a Bodhi tree still stands. Pilgrims have the main intention to visit the Mahabodhi temple and other shrines to the Buddha. 4. Varanasi Parikrama, India: The most sacred site in Hinduism, the city of Varanasi is already a destination for religious pilgrims of all Hindu denominations. Parikramas are Hindu pilgrimages that circle around a sacred site, like a temple or holy landmark. And in a place like Varanasi, there is no shortage of sacred sites. Most of the Parikramas in Varanasi trace a path along the city’s famous ghats, where many cremations take place alongside the holy Ganges River at sundown.

8. Mount Kailash & Bodhi tree

9. Varanasi Parikrama

10. 5. Mecca, Saudi Arabia: This Pilgrim sites belongs to Muslim religion located in Saudi Arabia & 2 nd largest pilgrimage spot. During the end of the month which lies in the Islamic calendar, about 2million Muslims go to M ecca for Hajj. 6 . Golden Temple: This is situated in Amritsar, Punjab. It is historically a central religion site for S ikh Faith. Over a day about 50thousand visitors will arrive to the temple to seek blessings.

11. Mecca Mosque

12. Golden Temple

13. 7. The Ganga River: A pproxi… 20million visits a year, Ganga is the most popular pilgrim sites. The Ganga River known as Ganga Ma or Mother Ganges, “ run from Himalayas to the bay of Bengal coming to a feat of 1560 miles. It is also believed that anyone who touches these purifying water even today is cleansed of all sins, represents life, purity and a goddess. 8. Vaishnava D evi Temple : The Mata Temple Devi Temple is located in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir near the town of Katra. It is most popular religious site in the country. The distance from katra is 13kms the pilgrim has to walk to reach the temple.

14. Ganga River

15. 9. Bahai Gardens : The largest city in Israel, over half a million people visit the Bahai Garden in Haifa. The garden are geometric, symmetrical & lined by rows & avenues of flower creating a serene environment of meditative thought & peaceful & resilience. 10. Vatican : It is one of the most important religious site for Christianity as well as the most pointed tourist place in the world, which is located in Rome, Italy. Catholic believe that it is a holy place with monuments to various saints & papal authority houses all circled around.

16. Bahai Garden

17. Vatican church

18. 11. Jerusalem : T his is an important location for I slam, Christianity & Judaism. The Jewish people see Jerusalem as Biblical Zion , the city of D avid & eternal capital of the Israelite nation. For Christians, it is the site of the last supper & the resurrection of Jesus. For Muslims, Jerusalem is the third most revered site in Islam as it was here that Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven.

19. 12. Bethlehem It is a place where Jesus was born & it is a popular site particularly during Christmas season.

20. Thirupathi V enkateshwara Temple

21. Shree Ayyappa Temple Shabarimala

22. Moinuddin Chishti,Ajmer

23. Basilica Bom of Jesus, Goa

24. Amaranth Dham , Srinagar

25. Lord J aganath- Puri

26. Virupaksha Temple - Hampi