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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. |