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{{Hinduism|Symbols=Om symbol and chakravarti}}

In [[Hinduism]], the [[yatra]] (pilgrimage) to the [[Tirtha (Hinduism)|tirtha]]s (sacred places) has special significance for earning the [[Punya (Hinduism)|punya]] (spiritual merit) needed to attain the [[moksha]] (salvation) by performing the [[darśana]] (viewing of deity), the [[parikrama]] (circumambulation), the [[yajna]] (sacrificial fire offering), the [[Dhyāna in Hinduism|Dhyana]] (spiritual contemplation), the [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] (worship), the [[prayer#Hinduism|prarthana]] (prayer, which could be in the form of [[mantra]] - sacred chants, [[bhajan]] - prayer singing, or [[kirtan]] - collective musical prayer performance), the [[dakshina]] (alms and donation for worthy cause), the [[seva (Indian religions)|seva]] (selfless service towards community, devotees or temple), the [[Bhandara (community kitchen)|bhandara]] (running volunteer community kitchen for pilgrims), etc. These sacred places are usually located on the banks of sacred water bodies, such as sacred rivers or their tributaries (among the [[rigvedic rivers]] of [[sapta sindhu]] the trio [[ganges]]-[[yamuna]]-[[saraswati]] are considered most scared), the [[Johad|kunda]]s (pond or lake, among these the [[Lake Manasarovar]] is considered most scared), the [[ghat]]s (water bodies with stairs such as [[Ghats in Varanasi]]), or the [[stepwell]]s (among these the [[rani ki vav]] in the form of inverted temple is considered most spectacular), or the [[temple tank]]s.

In order of importance, in India there are 7 [[Sapta Puri]] holy cities, 4 Dhams ([[Char Dham]]) and 12 [[Jyotirlinga|Jyotirlings]] devoted to the Lord [[Shiva]], 51 [[Shakti Pitha]]s devoted to the feminine manifestation of the god, and the important Lord [[Rama]] circuit ([[Ayodhya]], [[Chitrakoot,_Madhya_Pradesh#Places_of_tourist_importance|Chitrakoot]], [[Hampi]] and [[Rameswaram]]) and Lord Krishna circuit ([[Vraja Parikrama|Braj]]. [[48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra| Kurukshetra]] and [[Dwarka]]).

'''Holy Places:''' [[Himalaya]]n [[Chota Char Dham]] - [[Badrinath]], [[Kedarnath]], [[Gangotri]], and [[Yamunotri]].
[[Varanasi]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Haridwar]]-[[Rishikesh]], [[Mathura]]-[[Vrindavan]], [[Ayodhya]], [[Dwarka]] and [[Rameswaram]].

'''Holy Fairs:''' The [[Kumbh Mela]] (the "pitcher festival") is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held four times every twelve years; the location is rotated among the four cities of [[Prayagraj]], [[Haridwar]], [[Nashik]], and [[Ujjain]]. The [[Mahamaham]] in temple town of [[Kumbakonam]] is also celebrated once in 12 years. Annual [[Gita Mahotsav]] at [[Kurukshetra]], [[Baidyanath_Temple#Shravan_Mela_and_yatra|Shravani Mela]] at [[Deoghar]], and [[Pitru_Paksha#When_and_where|Pitrapaksha Mela]] at [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] are also notable holy fairs.

'''Holy Temples:''' the '''[[Char Dham]]''' of [[Rameswaram]], [[Dwarka]], [[Puri]] and [[Badrinath]].
[[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir|Katra]], home to the [[Vaishno Devi]] temple; [[Puri]] home to [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] [[Jagannath]] temple and [[Rath Yatra]] celebration; [[Tirumala - Tirupati]], home to the [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]]; [[Sabarimala]] home to [[Ayyappan|Swami Ayyappan]]; the 108 '''[[Divya Desam]]s'''; the '''[[Shakti Peethas]]'''; the twelve '''[[Jyotirlingas]]'''; the seven [[Sapta Puri]]; the [[Pancha Bhoota Stalam]].

'''Holy Deity : ''' [[kuladevata|Kuladaivat]] Hindu families have their own family patron deity. This deity is common to a lineage, a clan or a locality.

'''[[Samadhi (shrine)|Samadhis]] (shrines) of Saints:''' [[Alandi]], Samadhi of Dnyaneshwar: [[Mantralayam]], samadhi of [[Raghavendra Tirtha]], [[Belur Math]] which enshrine that Holy remains of [[Sri Ramakrishna]], [[Sri Sarada Devi]], [[Swami Vivekananda]] Puri, and other direct Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, [[Tulsi Ghat]], [[Varanasi]] where Saint [[Tulsidas]] left his mortal coil, Samadhi Mandir of Saint [[Kabir]] at [[Gorakhpur]], near [[Varanasi]], Panchaganga Ghat, Varanasi where [[Trailanga Swami]] lived and left his mortal body, Karar Ashram, [[Puri]] where [[Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri]], attained the Mahasamadhi.<ref>Yogananda, Paramahansa (1997). Autobiography of a Yogi, 1997 Anniversary Edition p. 383. Self-Realization Fellowship (Founded by Yogananda) http://www.yogananda-srf.org/,</ref>

== List ==
[[File:Kashi Vishwanath temple.jpg|thumb|Varanasi is one of the main pilgrimage sites.]]
[[File:Dwarkadheesh temple.jpg|thumb|Dwaraka temple]]
[[File:Tirumala gopurams.JPG|thumb|Tirupati temple]]
[[File:Temple-Jagannath.jpg|thumb|Jagannath temple]]
[[File:Badrinath temple.jpg|thumb|Badrinath temple]]
[[File:Cave Temple of Lord Amarnath.jpg|thumb|Amarnath temple]]
[[File:Mathura Temple-Mathura-India0002.JPG|thumb|Kesava Deo temple]]
[[File:Guruvayur-temple-east-1200x980.jpg|thumb|Guruvayoor Temple]]
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* [[48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurukshetra.nic.in/MAPs/ReligiousMap/map.jpg |title=Kurukshetra map |website=kurukshetra.nic.in |access-date=24 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625103022/http://www.kurukshetra.nic.in/MAPs/ReligiousMap/map.jpg |archive-date=25 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="hartour">{{cite web | url=http://haryanatourism.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=5106 | title=Haryana Tourism | access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="cmhry">{{cite web | url=http://haryanacmoffice.gov.in/newsupdates/details/id/737 | title=Development of all pilgrimage sites located within a radius of 48 kos (miles) of Kurukshetra would be carried out |date=11 October 2015| publisher=Chief Minister's Office, Haryana | access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="harekrsna">{{cite web | url=http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/05-12/features2460.htm | title=The 48 Kos Kurukshetra Region | publisher=harekrsna.com | access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>
* [[Adhirangam Ranganathaswamy temple|Adhi Thiruvarangam]]
* [[Ahobilam]]
* [[Kallazhagar Temple|Alagar Koyil]]
* [[Akshardham (Delhi)]]
* [[Alandi]]
* [[Amararama]]
* [[Alampur Jogulamba Temple]]
* [[Alampur Navabrahma Temples]]
* [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath]]
* [[Anegudde]]
* [[Masani Amman|Anaimalai]]
* [[Arasavalli]]
* [[Ashtavinayaka|Ashtavinayak temples]]
* [[Attukal]]
* [[Avittathur]]
* [[Avudaiyarkoil]]
* [[Ayodhya]]
* [[Badrinath]]
* [[Baidyanath Temple]]
* [[Bangalore]]
* [[Barsana]]
* [[Batu Caves]]
* [[Belur Math]]
* [[Bhadrachalam]]
* [[Biraja Temple]] [[Jajpur]]
* [[Sangameswarar Temple|Bhavani]]
* [[Bhimashankar Temple]]
* [[Chennai]]
* [[Chidambaram]]
* [[Chilkur Balaji Temple]]
* [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)|Chitrakuta]]
* [[Chottanikkara Temple|Chottanikkara]]
* [[Dharmasthala]]
* [[Divya Desams]]
* [[Draksharama]]
* [[Dwarka]]
* [[Gangotri]]
* [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]
* [[Ghatikachala]]
* [[Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna|Gokarna]]
* [[Gokul]]
* [[Golden Temple, Sripuram]]
* [[Govardhan]]
* [[Grishneshwar Temple|Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga]]
* [[Guruvayur]]
* [[Hampi]]
* [[Haridwar]]
* [[Horanadu]]
* [[Idagunji]]
* [[Jejuri]]
* [[Jyotirmath]]
* [[Kalaram Temple]]
* [[Kalasa]]
* [[Kalavai]]
* [[Kanchipuram]]
* [[Kanipakam]]
* [[Kanyakumari]]
* [[Karmanghat Hanuman Temple]]
* [[Kateel]]
* [[Kedarnath]]
* [[Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur|Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Temple]]
* [[Kollur, Udupi district|Kollur]]
* [[Konark]]
* [[Koothanur]]
* [[Ksheerarama]]
* [[Kudalasangama]]
* [[Kukke Subramanya Temple]]
* [[Kumararama]]
* [[Kumbakonam]]
* [[Kurukshetra]]
* [[Laxminarayan Temple|Laxminarayan Temple, Delhi]]
* [[Lingaraja Temple]]
* [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga]]
* [[Madurai]]
* [[Kullu|Maha Devi Tirth temple in Kullu]]
* [[Mamallapuram|Mahabalipuram]]
* [[Mantralayam]]
* [[Marudhamalai (temple)|Marudhamalai]]
* [[Mathura]]
* [[Melmaruvathur]]
* [[Melmalayanur]]
* [[Mount Abu]]
* [[Mount Kailash]]
* [[Mukhalingam]]
* [[Mumbai]]
* [[Murdeshwar]]
* [[Chamundeshwari Temple|Mysore]]
* [[Nageshvara Jyotirlinga|Nageshwar Temple]]
* [[Namakkal Anjaneyar Temple]]
* [[Nashik]]
* [[Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu|Navagraham Temples]]
* [[Nellitheertha]]
* [[Omkareshwar]]
* [[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]
* [[Padmavathi Temple, Tiruchanur]]
* [[Palani Murugan Temple|Palani]]
* [[Pallikondeswara Temple, Surutapalli]]
* [[Pancharama Kshetras]]
* [[Pancharanga Kshetrams]]
* [[Panchavati]]
* [[Panchavatee Hanuman Temple]]
* [[Pandharpur]]
* [[Papanasanathar Temple|Papanasam]]
* [[Pazhamudircholai]]
* [[Pillayarpatti]]
* [[Pithapuram]]
* [[Prayagraj]]
* [[Punnainallur Mariamman|Punnainallur Mariamman Temple]]
* [[Puri]]
* [[Pushkar]]
* [[Puttaparthi|Puttaparthy Sri Sathya Sai]]
* [[Puttlur]]
* [[Ramatheertham]]
* [[Rameswaram]]
* [[Rishikesh]]
* [[Sabarimalai]]
* [[Samayapuram Mariamman Temple|Samayapuram]]
*[[Sanwaliaji temples]]
* [[Satyagnana Sabha, Vadalur]]
* [[Shani Shingnapur]]
* [[Shegaon]]
* [[Shirdi]]
* [[Simhachalam]]
* [[Somanath]]
* [[Somarama]]
* [[Sri Kurmam]]
* [[Srikalahasti]]
* [[Sringeri]]
* [[Srirangam]]
* [[Srisailam]]
* [[Srivilliputhur Andal Temple|Srivilliputhur]]
* [[Swaminathaswamy Temple, Swamimalai|Swamimalai]]
* [[Thanumalayan Temple|Suchindram]]
* [[Swamithoppe]]
* [[Kasi Viswanathar temple, Tenkasi|Tenkasi]]
* [[Thanjavur]]
* [[Thennangur]]
* [[Thiruchendur]]
* [[Thiruparankundram]]
* [[Thiruthani Murugan Temple|Thiruthani]]
* [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[Thiruverkadu]]
* [[Thrissur]]
* [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]]
* [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Thiruvanaikaval]]
* [[Tiruvannamalai]]
* [[Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort|Trichy Uchi Pillayar Temple]]
* [[Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple]]
* [[Tulja Bhavani Temple|Tuljapur Bhavani temple]]
* [[Udupi]]
* [[Ujjain]]
* [[Vaishno Devi]]
* [[Varanasi]]
* [[Vellore]]
* [[Kanaka Durga Temple|Vijayawada]]
* [[Vindhyachal|Vindhayachal]]
* [[Vrindavan]]
* [[Yadagirigutta Temple]]
* [[Yamunotri]]
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==See also==

* [[The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual]]
* [[Culture of India]]
* [[Hindu pilgrimage sites|Hindu pilgrimage sites of world]]
* [[Kumbh Mela]]
* [[List of Hindu festivals]]
* [[Parikrama#Important_pilgrimage_circuits_of_indic-faiths|List of Parikrama pilgrim circuits]]
* [[Parikrama#Sites|List of Parikrama pilgrim sites]]
* [[Tourism in India]]
* [[Yatra]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|first=Surinder Mohan |last=Bhardwaj|title=Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6XJFokSJzEC|year=1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04951-2}}
* {{cite book|first= James G.|last= Lochtefeld |title=God's Gateway : Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place: Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1L99XsB1gkC|date=28 December 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-974158-8}}
* {{cite book|first=Knut A.|last= Jacobsen|title=Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn6_3oBFAqIC|date=5 March 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-59038-9}}

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