Pilgrimage Centres of India

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Pilgrimage is returning to one's roots. Though it is considered to be a matter of religious faith but it is not a mere ritual. It is tourism, cultural voyage, travelling with nature and journey in spiritualism. Indian pilgrimages spread across the four corners along the length and breadth of the country were designed to create unity among diversity. This book will take you to a journey into ancient civilisation which you would like to revisit often physically and otherwise.

Return to religion symbolizes the defeat of the intellect, as the rationalists might aver, but it has something to do with the roots one was born with. The same phenomenon has been witnessed by the West, with thousands attending the Sunday- Masses. In India, religious faiths are interlinked with the cultural ethos, with those holy spots one was grown with. The influx of the senior NRIs and their friends is explained by this fundamental truth. But when they return or come to this vast land steeped in the hoary past, they find scores of books highlighting the well-known tourist spots but not any guide books worth the name which might take them to the various places of religious interest. This book is for the tourists, especially for those who wish to see the sacred spots of a variety of faiths that have been prospering in this country. Our target readership is not only foreign tourists or the religious minded NRIs but also those Indians who are dwelling in deep south of the country and willing to complete their holy Journey to the four Dhams, the Four Nodal Points of the faith. The same is true for the adherents of the other faiths.

It is for their benefit that whole of the country has been divided into five major zones, with each having a metropolitan city as its centre. Hence the Delhi Zone, Kolkata Zone, Mumbai Zone, Bangalore Zone and Chennai Zone. The basic idea is to make the potential piligrim plan his journey in the least troubled manner. These sacred places ooze peace and they ought to be visited with the the same mind and faith in heart.