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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”.
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.
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 ...
Following the opening of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in 2014, [7] the Akshardham mandir was inaugurated on October 8, 2023 as the world’s 2nd-largest Hindu temple. [8] [9] The temple stands 58 metres (191 ft) high and is situated 99 kilometres (62 mi) south of New York City. [8] Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple: 631,000 Tiruchirapalli India
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.
Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated [city]", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates), is a sacred historic city in the sacred literature of Hinduism, Jainism, [2] [3] and Buddhism. [4] [5] [6] It is also alternatively spelled as Dvarika.
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 ...