In religion and spiriuality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. India is the most popular in pilgrimage tourism because it is the land of every religion like Sikh, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain.
Most Hindus who can afford to go on such journeys travel to numerous iconic sites including those below:
AhobilamAllahabadAmararamaAmaravathi village, Guntur districtAmarkantakahamdabadAmarnathAnandasram kanhangadAnnllArasavalliAttukalAvittathurAyodhyaBaba DhansarBadrinathBasistha AshramBatu CavesBelur MathBhadrachalamBhavaniBhimashankar TempleBrindarvanChitrakutaChidambaram, Tamil NaduDakorDharmasthalaDraksharamaDwaraka PīthaDwarkaGajanan MaharajGangotriGaya, IndiaGhatikachalaGodachi Veerbhadhreshwar TempleGor KhuttreeGosaikundaGovardhana mathaGovindavadiHajoHaridwarHemkundHornad,Annapurnadevi TempleIdagunjiJonnawadaJyotirlingaJyotirmathKalaram TempleKalighat Temple, KolkataKancheepuram, Tamil NaduKaranja Datta MandirKataragamaKateelKatraKedarnathKolhapurKollurKonarkKsheeraramakuchanpallyKukke Subramanya TempleKumararamaKumbakonamKumbh MelaKurukshetraKuruvapurMadurai Meenakshi TempleMaha Devi Tirth temple in KulluMaihar DeviMahur,Renuka DeviGhata Mehandipur Balaji, RajasthanMandher Devi temple in MandhradeviManikaranMayapurMantralayam,Raghavendr Swamy TempleMount AbuMount KailashMukhalingamNarasimha KondaNarayanalayamNarmada RiverNashikNellitheerthaOmkareshwarPalaniPancharama KshetrasPanchavatiPandharpurParashuram KundPithapuramPuriPushkarPuttaparthy Sri Sathya SaiRamatheerthamRameswaramRishikeshRyaliSabarimala SwamisaranamSalasar Balaji , churu RajasthanSabarimalai, keralaSangam, Srikakulam districtSaptashrangiShirdiShivkhoriShri Kali Temple, Sanganeri Gate, Jaipur(Rajasthan)Shri Mahadev MandirSimhachalamSivagiri, KeralaSomaramaSri KurmamSringeri Sharada PeethamSrirangamSrisailamTalapadyThanjavurThiruchendurThirumanthamkunnu TempleThrissurTirtha and KshetraTirupatiTrimbakeshwar Shiva TempleTuljapur Bhavani templeThiruvananthapuramUdupiUjjainVaishno DeviVani (Nashik)VaranasiVindhayachalVithobaVrindavanYamunotriYadagirigutta, TelanganaThese Hindu pilgrimage sites can be divided into dhams, kumbhs, jyotirlingas, devi sites etc. Every category has got its own significance. It is believed that visiting char dhams help you to attain salvation. There are Four Dhams and Twelve Jyotirlings along with 51 Shakti Peeths in India.
Golden TemplePatna SahibPaonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh)Anandpur Sahib (Punjab)Baba Bakala (Punjab)Gobindwal Sahib (Punjab)Taran Taran (Punjab)Sirhind (Punjab)HemKund Sahib (Uttarakhand)Nanded Sahib (Maharashtra)Meera syed Ali Datar, GujaratHazratbalDargah of Moinuddin Chishti, AjmerHaji Ali Dargah MumbaiHazrat Saber pak Darga Calyari sharif RoorkeeDarga khawaja kanoon sahib madya pardeshmazar-e-najmi ujjain MPBuddishaiBaba dargah in TelanganaHazrat NazamuddinDargah DelhiBodh Gaya: the place of his Enlightenment (in the current Mahabodhi Temple).Sarnath: (formally Isipathana) where he delivered his first teaching.Kusinara: (now Kusinagar, India) where he died.Sravasti: Place of the Twin Miracle, showing his supernatural abilities in performance of miracles. Sravasti is also the place where Buddha spent the largest amount of time, being a major city in ancient India.Rajgir: Place of the subduing of Nalagiri, the angry elephant, through friendliness. Rajgir was another major city of ancient India. It has strong connection with buddhism.[1]Sankasia: Place of the descending to earth from Tusita heaven (after a stay of 3 months teaching his mother the Abhidhamma).Vaishali: Place of receiving an offering of honey from a monkey. Vaishali was the capital of the Vajjian Republic of ancient India.Some other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are: Pataliputta, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Gaya, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Amaravati, Nagarjuna Konda, Sanchi, Varanasi, Kesariya, Devadaha, Pava and MathuraMandaver(Bijnor U.P),Hapur(ghaziabad U.P). Most of these places are located in the Gangetic plain.
North India: Hastinapur, Taxila, and AshtapadaSouth India: Shravanabelagola, Moodabidri, Humbaj, Anantnath Swami Temple near KalpettaEastern India: Shikharji, Pawapuri, Champa, PundravardhanWestern India: Palitana, Girnar, Mount Abu, Mahavirji, Shankheshwar, MahudiCentral India: Vidisha, Kundalpur, SonagirThe Zoroastrians take pilgrimage trips in India to the eight Atash Behrams in India and one in Yazd (Iran).
Goa. St. Francis XavierSt. Thomas Mount. Place where St. Thomas was martyred.Vailankanni. 16th-century Marian apparition site.Thodupuzha. Divine Mercy Shrine of Holy Mary :- Marian apparition site.Nashik, Mahrashtra, Shrine of the Infant Jesus.
st Peter's and st pauls Orthodox church ( parumala church), parumala,kerala.st George Orthodox church, puthupally.kattachira st Mary's Jacobite church.niranam st Mary's Orthodox church.