| This has been the practice since ancient times. India | | | | Yatra to the pious 100-meter long cave with three idols |
| Pilgrimage Tours take you to some of the most | | | | of Goddess on Shivalik Hills in Jammu. Other |
| sacred temples, pilgrimage sites, mosques, churches, | | | | crowd-puller temples include the Tirupati Balaji in South |
| gurudwaras and synagogues across different regions | | | | India at 2800 ft, the Golden Temple in Amritsar in |
| and states of the country. | | | | Punjab with Sikh ideology, and the Hemund Sahib at |
| The philosophy in Hindu Vaastu Shastra highlights the | | | | 4329 ft at Parvati Valley near Kullu Manali. Varanasi in |
| temple as figurative representation of creator. The | | | | Uttar Pradesh is sacred city since ancient times. |
| dictum necessitates a temple to be with entrance and | | | | The Jain community goes for Tirth Yatra to Shri |
| the affiliated structures, and the internal sacred | | | | Achalagadh on Aravalli Ranges, Shri Amarsagar Tirth |
| sanctum. To visit a series or some of these significant | | | | located at Amarsagar village, Shri Aur Tirth at Aur |
| temples is believed to lead one to Moksha or Salvation; | | | | village, the Nasik Tirth and many others scattered all |
| in other words, an exit from the birth-death cycle. For | | | | over India where Jainism flourished. Buddhism has |
| this reason, many Hindus specifically plan pilgrimage | | | | been a part of Indian philosophy right from its inception. |
| tour to holy temples at least once in a lifetime. | | | | People of all nationalities are ardent devotees of this |
| The world's highest mountain Himalayas, since time | | | | philosophy of life. Bodh Gaya is the site where |
| immemorial, has religious connation; it is also called the | | | | Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment, Sarnath is the |
| Abode of Gods. Thus, it is the first pilgrimage choice of | | | | place where Buddhist philosophy was perpetuated to |
| most Hindus. The tours in this difficult terrain include the | | | | the world, Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh is pious because |
| well-known trek annually in July-August to ice idol of | | | | the Buddha as God did miracle acts here to prove his |
| Lord Shiva - Amarnath Yatra - in the Jammu and | | | | divinity. Nalanda, the world renowned University, is also |
| Kashmir State. The North India travel packages and | | | | a sacred pilgrimage center for Buddhists along with |
| pilgrimage tour to Char Dhaam, namely Badrinath | | | | Kushinagar, where Lord Buddha attained Nirvana. |
| shrine devoted to Lord Vishnu, Kedarnath - an abode | | | | Muslim, the second largest community in India, has |
| of Lord Shiva, Gangotri - the inception point of the | | | | many significant mosques and revered shrines to visit |
| Ganges, and Yamunotri of River Yamuna, is a tour | | | | too. Ajmer Sharif, Jama Masjid at Delhi, and Sheikh |
| package that covers major pilgrimage sites in | | | | Salim Chisti's Dargah at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra are |
| Himalayas that are situated above 3000 ft elevation. | | | | just some of the places where millions and billions of |
| Yet another more elaborate Char Dhaam Yatra in | | | | devotees throng to seek blessings of the saints and |
| India covers Badrinath in the North, Jagannath Puri in | | | | prophets. Among the churches, the most sought-after |
| the East, Dwarka in the West and Rameshwaram in | | | | is the Church of Goa built way back in the 16th |
| the South. It is believed that after undertaking a holy | | | | century. Discover grand India by planning theme-based |
| pilgrimage tour to these Four Holiest Hindu Sites, one | | | | holidays to see and experience how diversity in culture, |
| must visit Pushkar in Rajasthan and take a dip in its | | | | language and lifestyle can add beauty to the social |
| Holy Lake to attain Salvation. The chain of Indian | | | | fabric of a nation. |
| pilgrimage tours includes the revered Vaishno Devi | | | | |