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In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a very long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred area or shrine of importance to innate faith . Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages.
[5] [4] In Hindu tradition, this temple is believed to be located at an ancient pilgrimage site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism. [6] [7] [8] Ayodhya's Ram temple is projected to have 50 million visitors per year, which will make it the top pilgrimage site in the world. [9] [10]
The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram.
Many then proceed to visit old Hindu temples near the site. [106] The motivations for the bathing ritual are several. The most significant is the belief that the tirtha (pilgrimage) to the Kumbh Mela sites and then bathing in these holy rivers has a salvific value, moksha – a means to liberation from the cycle of rebirths (samsara). [107]
Pages in category "Hindu pilgrimage sites in India" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 223 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Hindu pilgrimage sites" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Chota Char Dham (lit. 'the small four abodes/seats' or 'the small circuit of four abodes/seats') is an important modern Hindu pilgrimage circuit [1] in Uttarakhand, in the Indian Himalayas. Located in the Garhwal region of the state of Uttarakhand, the circuit consists of four sites—Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. [2]
The rebuilding was a symbol, it was Hindu repudiation of almost a thousand years of Muslim domination, oppression, and reassertion of a safe haven for Hindus in post-partitioned India. [107] The reconstructed Somnath temple has been the preferred pilgrimage site for Hindus in Gujarat, often combined with a pilgrimage to Dwarka.