Friday 13 April 2007

Pilgrimage

India is secular nation that bears equal tolerance to all religions. Hence, one can find many a religious places specific to different religious groups. There are Hindu, Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh religious places.Most of them have a mythological story associated with their evolution and devotees believe in wish fulfillment at some of these. However, faith is the sole basis that keeps these places alive; some of them are more than a century old. The famous pilgrimage centers in India are Tirupati, Shirdi, Somnath temple, Thrissur, Khajuraho, Omkareshwar, Golden temple, Ajanta caves, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gaya, Rishikesh, Varansi, Anandpur Sahib and many more.

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