Religious Travel

The Mahabodhi Temple, also known as the Great Awakening Temple, is located in Bodh Gaya. The site is one of the four most important pilgrimage sites associated with the life of Gautama Buddha. The place attracts millions of visitors every year ...

A general perception has always stereotyped India as a country which chisels out its religious, sexual and moral customs on its society in a strict manner. This belief became universally accepted as the norm, which actually exposed the oriental clichés that ...

A long and bumpy road takes one to the dusty town of Jhalawar in the Hadoti region of southeastern Rajasthan. At first, this remote town to a large extent looks very uninteresting, mostly a highway pit stop. But below the dust, ...

Situated in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi is the tomb of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, which is one amongst the popular Sufi mausoleums in the country. The Dargah in addition houses the tombs of poet Amir Khusro and Shah Jahan's eldest daughter ...

Chamundi or Chamundeshwari temple is one of the most well known shrines in Karnataka. The temple is 1000 odd years old and is dedicated to Goddess Chamundeshwari, an incarnation of Parvathi Devi. The temple is located atop the Chamundi hill which ...

Thriprayar Sree Rama Temple is located at Thriprayar in Thrissur district of Kerala. The temple is one of the most prominent temples dedicated to Lord Rama. The deity here is known as Thriprayarappan or Thriprayar Thevar. The idol here is ...

Dharmasthala is a temple town on the banks of the Nethravathi river which is located in the Belthangadi taluk of the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. The town is well known for the Dharmasthala temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva. ...

The shrine of Kukke Subramanya is located in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka and is one of the most well-known shrines in South India. The shrine is dedicated to Lord Subramanya, who is the son of Lord Shiva, and is ...

Sringeri is a hill town which is located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. The place is the site where Adi Shankara established his first Matha in the 8th century. The Matha is known as Sringeri Sharada Peetha and is located ...

Mythology forms a firm backbone to the culture in India There are a large number of tales and narrations that relate to Hinduism in the ancient religious texts such as the Puranas, Vedas and the epics of Mahabharata, Ramayana and Srimad ...

Located on the Rue de la Marine in Pondicherry is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram which is one of the well known ashrams in the country, and attracts people not only from India but also from across the world who come here ...

Kodachadri is a mountain peak of the Western Ghats that is located in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. At an elevation 1343 m, it has been declared as a natural heritage site by the Government of Karnataka and is the 10th ...