Pilgrimage Tours

India is a land of cultural and geographical diversity. The country has people belonging to different race, nationality, and religions living side by side. India, or the Indian sub continent is also the cradle of religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. One of the twelve original disciples of Lord Jesus Christ, Saint Thomas also had also set up his base in the southern part of India, and preached the tenets of Christianity. Due to the strong Mughal influence in the country, there are a good number of Muslim pilgrimage sites, too. Pilgrimage Tours take tourists on a memorable sightseeing tour of the important pilgrimage sites in India.

In case you are planning to go on a pilgrimage tour, of India it is better to get an idea of the major Indian pilgrimage sites, that is the ones that are popular tourist destinations.

A few of the popular pilgrimage tours are as follows:

Pilgrimage Tour To Ajmer Sharif- Normally this pilgrimage tour covers the regions of Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, and Agra. The pilgrimage tour begins, and ends at Delhi (that is, New Delhi). Usually it takes about 8 nights and 9 days to complete this tour. Ajmer Sharif is a predominantly Muslim pilgrimage site but it considered to be very auspicious by both Hindus and Muslims.

The Land Of Sikh Gurus Pilgrimage Tour- The shortest time taken for completing this pilgrimage tour is 15 days. Like most other tours, it begins and ends at Delhi. It covers the Sikh Pilgrimage Sites of Chandigarh, Parivar Vichhora, Anandpur Sahib, Amritsar, Tarn Tarn, Gobindwal, Huzur Sahib, Jalian Wala Bagh, and Baba Bakala.

The Pilgrimage Tour India – This popular package takes at least 18 days, and it covers most of the major Hindu pilgrimage sites in India. This Hindu pilgrimage tour starts and ends at Delhi. This pilgrimage tour covers the regions of Rishikesh, Hanumanchhatti, Jamuntori or Yamunotri, Jankchhatti, Uttarkashi, Gangotri, Rudra Prayag, Son Prayag, Kedar Nath, Gandhi Sarovar, Karan Prayag, Badri Nath, and Dehradun.

Churches of South India Pilgrimage Tour- This Christian Pilgrimage Tour will take you a period of,at least, fourteen days. This Christian Pilgrimage Tour package will take you to Christian pilgrimage sites at Chennai (or Madras), Thanjavur, Velaganni, Madurai, Thituvanantha Puram (or Trivandrum), Kollam, Kottayam, Cochin, Kohzikode (earlier known as Calicut), Mumbai or Bombay, and Goa.

Some of the important Pilgrimage Sites that are usually a part of the Pilgrimage Tours, are as follows:

• The ISKON (International Society For Krishna Consciousness) Temple, at Bangalore (Karnataka).
  
  
• The ISKON Temple at Mayapur (at Nabadweep, in Krishna Nagar, in West Bengal)
  
  
• The Lotus Temple (belonging to the Bahai Sect), at New Delhi.
  
  
• The Tirupati Tirumala Balaji Temple, at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh).
  
  
• The Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, at Shirdi (Nashik, Maharashtra).
  
  
• The Golden Temple, at Amritsar (Punjab)
  
  
• The Vaishno Devi Temple (Jammu And Kashmir)
  
  
• The Dilwara Temples (Rajasthan)
  
  
• The Shravanbelgola (near Mysore, in Karnataka)
  
  
• The Omkareshwara Temple (near Mortakka, in Madhya Pradesh)
  
  
• The Sun Temple (at Konark, in Orissa)
  
  
• The Lakshmi Narayan Temple, also known as the Birla Temple (New Delhi)
  
  
• The Kalighat Temple (at Calcutta, West Bengal)
  
  
• The Dakshineshwar Kali Mata Temple (Dakshineshwar, West Bengal)
  
  
• The Meenakshi Temple, (at Madurai, in Tamil Nadu)
  
  
• Bogh Gaya (Bihar)
  
  
• Nalanda (Bihar)
  
  
• Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)
  
  
• Mount Mary's Church (in Bandra, at Mumbai)
  
  
• San Thome Cathedral Basilica (in Chennai, at Tamil Nadu)
  
  
• Haji Ali (at Mumbai, in Maharashtra)
  
  
• Ajmer Sharif, (at Ajmer, in Rajasthan)
  
  
• Fatehpur Sikri (at Agra, in Uttar Pradesh)