Pilgrimage is undertaken here by national and international devotees seeking blessings and forgiveness for wrong doings and safety from soul suffering in life.
Some locations in India are conventionally acknowledged as imparting energy of the positive kind since times gone by. They are considered divine. Pilgrimage is undertaken here by national and international devotees seeking blessings and forgiveness for wrong doings and safety from soul suffering in life. As on today the seven sacred destinations located in India is Ayodhya the birth place of Lord Rama, Mathura the birth place of Lord Krishna, Hardiwar the location where the Ganges flows and a bath here washes away all the sins. The ashes after the last rites are immersed here. Varanasi known for Ganga bathing and sin removal; Kanchipuram a place of learning; Ujjain also a seat of poetry and drama; and Dwarka a place where Lord Krishna attained heavenly peace are even today in the scientific age is visited by innumerable devotees all the year round.
Rama’s birthplace Ayodhya has abundant big and small temples all over the city. The temples show connectivity The Ramayana central character Rama and Sita. Mathura and Dwarka find tourist devotees believing in the worshipping of Radha and Krishna. Rama and Sita are synonymous with virtuous deeds in real life. They through their life have set up examples for others to follow. Radha and Krishna are embodiments of passion of love in the rural setting. It happened in the adjoining Mathura a place called Vrindhavan. On Holi day each year colors are splashed enacting the divine romance. However at Dwarka where Lord Krishna carried out administrative matters with efficiency during the Great War as described in the epic Mahabharata Lord Krishna is remembered with restrain and worshipped for his thoughts applicable through the ages.
Haridwar with river Ganges is an exclusive pilgrimage centre. The evening worship at Har-ki-Pauri with lamp lighted plates in motion in the hands of the priest is an event most attended by locals and the visiting population. Devotees float leaf boats with lighted lamps and flowers on the surface of the river. In dark night it is a sight of utter beauty. The visiting crowd jostles with beggars, priests’ con man pestering small religious product business men in and around the temple and river premises. At the ghats dead bodies are burnt for the liberation of the soul. The celebrated Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years. Millions of devotees visit the place for sacred duties and in the belief that life sufferings can be reduced by asking for forgiveness. Kumbh Mela is at Allahabad a place where river Ganga and Yamuna meet, Nasik in Maharashtra in and around Godavari River and at Ujjain.
On the Ganga bank is another pious city Varanasi. Worship is carried out at the different sacred temples of Lord Shiva and death rites are carried at the ghats along the river. Ujjain has an ancient Lord Shiva temple. Both the cities are a part of list of jyotirling temple. Kanchipuram is in south India and Shankaracharya devotees accumulate here for worship. All these cities are a tourist den all through the year by salvation seekers.
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