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The city was known by several names such as Avimuktaka, Anandakanana, Mahasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarsana, and Ramya. [25] In view of its ancient historic, cultural and religious heritage it is considered as “the most holy of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism”.
Old Temple cities: Puri, which hosts a major Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration; Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple; Tirumala – Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple; Shirdi, home to the Sai Baba of Shirdi temple; Madurai Meenakshi and Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Sri Rangam; Dwarkadhish Temple – Dwarka ...
Kedarnath Temple in Himalayan Mountains, Uttarakhand Evening prayers at Ganga river (Har-Ki-Pauri) in Haridwar. In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumambulation), the yajna (sacrificial fire ...
Hinduism portal; Holy cities for Hindus. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. D. Dwarka (8 P) G. Gaya, India (5 C, 13 P) H.
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.
It is widely considered as the world's richest Hindu temple. [61] The name of the city of 'Thiruvananthapuram' in Malayalam and Tamil translates to "The City of Ananta" (Ananta being a form of Vishnu). [62] The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the Kerala style and the Dravidian style of architecture. ISKCON Temple, Bangalore: 28,000 ...
Worship of sacred objects: Sacred rivers. Rigvedic rivers; Sapta Sindhu; Triveni Sangam of Ganga, [1] Yamuna, [2] [3] and Sarasvati [4] rivers. Narmada [5] Sacred groves of India. List of largest sacred Banyan trees in India; Triveni, Panchvati and sacred plants and flowers in Hinduism; Sacred mountains of Hinduism. Mount Kailash [6 ...
Sacred pilgrim sites related to Lord Krishna are Mathura, Vrindavan, Barsana, Govardhan, Vraja Parikrama, 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra, Dwarka, Bhalka (place of death of Lord Krishna). India has become a major destination for yoga tourism , [ 3 ] bringing business to ashrams in places such as Mysore (for Ashtanga Yoga ) and Rishikesh (for ...