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In the tourism industry of India
religious tourism is playing all important role
especially with the high interest of domestic travelers
and overseas Indians. Since the ancient times India is
considered at the top of world leaders of spirituality.
India is the land where world's oldest knowledge books
Vedas were written and since that time for Indians
religion is working as the bases and life supportive
fluid.
Alike the rich biodiversity of flora & fauna, India also
have a very distinct presence of citizens having
different religious faiths such as Hinduism, Islam,
Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and
Zoroastrianism. This might be amazing to know for that
though majority population [approx. 75% ] follows Hindu
religion but still country have world's second largest
[first being Indonesia] population of the followers of
Islam. Sikhs, Buddhist, Christians and Jains also have
notable population, eventually this religious diversity
is proving and working as the integral part and true
strength of Indian society.
Hinduism is the world's oldest life style and base of
spirituality hence religious monuments and worship
places of Hindus over number other religions. Churches
of Goa, are not just the famous worship places of
Christians or the best illustration of the Portuguese
architecture in the India but also part of World
Heritage Sites of UNESCO.
Ajmer city of Indian state Rajasthan is considered as
the Madina of India due to presence of shrine of Sufi
saint Moinuddin Chisti, where as the cities such as
Mount Abu and many other cities from Gujarat & Rajasthan
are famous for Jain temples. Amritsar, Nanded are the
pilgrimage cities for the worldwide Sikh community.
Bodhgaya, Nalanda and Sarnath are the famous travel
destinations of Buddhist pilgrimage in India.
For the Hindus there is a long list of scared cities and
places such as Vaishno Devi, Amarnath, Kedarnath,
Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Allahabad, Haridwar,
Ujjain, Nasik, Bhubaneshwar and Rameshwaram etc. Hindu
temples in the south India have a different architecture
style, Dravidian, in compare to temples in the other
parts of the country.
In the Maharashtra Ashtavinayak Darshan or Ashta Vinayak
Yatra is most important and popular pilgrimage. This
includes visit to eight most scared temples of Shree
Ganesh [Lord Ganesha] easily accessible from Pune. Click
here to know more about Ashta Vinayak Darshan.
Amar Bharat is dedicating individual pages for the
religious monuments, worship places, temples, Gurudwara,
Church, Masjid [mosque], Dargah and shrines of different
religions of India with comprehensive information on
historic and religious importance, architecture,
geographical location, tourist information including
accessibility, spoken languages, dining and shopping
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