Thursday 7 August 2014

PILGRIMAGE SITES IN INDIA

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Kedarnath


Kedarnath is another name of the Lord Shiva.Kedarnath shrine is located at the picturesque hill backdrop of majestic kedarnath mountain ranges in Uttarakhand state of India.




Amarnath


Amarnath is one of the most important pilgrim spot of Hindus. It is believed that  every full moon night icy Shiv Linga began to take shape in the cave here along with some other ice statue formations alongside with it. The bigger one is termed as Shiv Linga which is approximately 6 fts in height and the ones on the left and right side of this are Lord Ganesh and Devi Parvati idols. The icy idols waxes and wanes with moon growing fuller to its capacity and then becoming smaller respectively. 
 Amarnath,a hindu pilgrim is located at an altitude of 3,888 m, about 141 km from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva. It can be reached through Pahalgam town.



Vaishno Devi

Vaishno Devi Mata shrine is situated at the height of 5,300 fts from the ground and at a distance of 61 kms fom Jammu district in the State of Jammu and Kashmir of India. The route upto the place called Katra,which comes on the route to shrine, can be traveled by road but the last 13 kms stretch of journey has to travel by foot or some other means like pony. The place of worship of Mata Vaishno Devi is located inside a cave.




Mahakaleshwar,Ujjain

This temples is one of most important pilgrimage spot for Hindu.This temple is in indian stae of Madhya Pradesh.





Somnath

Somnath temple is one of temple among the twelve temples of Lord Shiva temples across India. This temple was built and destroyed several times but it still remained intact as always, This temple is  located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat.
















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