Do you love pilgrimage ?

I am also from India. I do love pilgrimage. As per Sanatana Dharma(SD) pilgrimage has an essential role in the management of karma. So, I like it. Recently I had been to Varanasi(Kashi). It is a great place to go on a pilgrimage. The flowing Gange and the various ghats, Vishwanath-Annapurna-Vishalakshi and several other shrines that are native to Kashi, are a treat to the Soul. The other places I would like to visit would be the Devi-Shakti-Peeths. SriRangam is a shrine which I feel past life connections.Generally I manage pilgrimages as a fall out of my official tours if I can. Way back in 1984 I had a chance to stay at Obra for a40 days. Obra being just about 160 Kms from Kashi, I made 2-3 visits to G-V-A-V and lost myself in the serenity of the place despite preying Pandas.

I used to do a lot of pilgirmage (to churches) when I was in school. I studied in a convent school and almost all the tours arranged by school were like pilgirmate, visiting famous churches. So, I went for a lot of pilgrimage. Even now I go for trips, but not in the label pilgrimage. We try to visit churches, gurudwaras and mosques in the places where we go. I would prefernot to limit the tours as pilgrimages. I might go for pilgrimages when I become old.

By the definition in the dictionary, I do enjoy pilgramages...but I don't get to go on them often. Picking out specific locations works too, of course, and the places are often wonderful in their own right.

Dear friend, I too from India and do like to go for pilgrimage. But I do like those place which has some eternal power feeling. May be there is something I could feel inside as there is something here. I do also has felt this in some of the those places I had visited in India. For me it gives some mental satisfaction.

Oh yes but just local pilgrimage, where we can afford for fare and other expenses. I think joining pilgrimage in some historic and religious places, aside from the relaxation, serenity and awareness of their existence we also feel we're blessed. Getting in to these places seemed to be giving us more strength and inspiration in facing life's struggles. How I wish I could join pilgrimage trip at other countries though quite impossible as it's unaffordable.

i am from india too and yes,you are right about there being a lot of pilgrimage places to visit.i go to many holy places and get a lot of mental satisfaction after the visit.it's as if i have left behind all my worries there and have come back as a refreshed person.

I am not a religious person but world religion does fascinate me. I like to visit religious buildings and respect the people that are worshiping. I have visited Jerusalem where I saw the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock. I went over to the West Bank and visited the Church of the Nativity. In the Maldives I saw the Grand Friday Mosque and really liked it. Then on one of the tiny islands I saw a very small mosque so that was fascinating. In Malaysia I saw some beautiful looking temples. In many European countries I have visited churches and synagogues. I am a very keen on traveling and I gain more understanding of each country I go to by seeing its religious buildings. One of my old friends took a pilgrimage to Mecca so that was exciting for him.

I think there are very many interesting places to visit. I think a visit to a temple or a church can be a peaceful and humbling place to visit. I just think that there are many things you can do and it is often nice to go to a spirtual place to think and reflect and to just be.

I no experience on pilgrimages but my parents have. And just from their experiences I think they've enjoyed the journey. They have been to great places and churches. The most important of all, they learned a lot of things from the pilgrimages. Maybe someday, I'd love to experience what they have experienced.