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given high regards and is respected among the people. The both for Hindus and Buddhists.
memorial is located on the Northern bank of the Dal Lake,
Srinagar, and is considered to be Kashmir’s holiest Muslim
shrine.

The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Roman Catholic basilica
located in Goa, India, and is part of the Churches and
convents of Goa UNESCO World Heritage Site. The basilica
Shravanabelagola (Śravaṇa Beḷagoḷa) is a town located is situated in Old Goa, previous capital of Portuguese India,
near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian and holds the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. But
state of Karnataka and is over 100 km from Bangalore. there are many churches in India like St. Thomas Mount
The Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola
is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in
Jainism, one that grasped a peak in architectural and
sculptural activity under the patronage of Western Ganga
dynasty of Talakad. Chandragupta Maurya is said to have
died here in 298 BCE after he became a Jain monk and
assumed an ascetic life style.

Mount Mary Church, Bandra, Mumbai, St Peter’s and St
Paul’s Orthodox church

Apart from the diversity of religion, Pilgrimages are
diversed by many activities and practices including art,
music, food and culture. But their goals align towards god
and his blessings and the quest to achieve them.

Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage
related with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya Shirsho Banerjee
district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is well-known as it is Class-VI
the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have achieved
Enlightenment (in Pali it is called bodhi) under what
became known as the Bodhi Tree. Since antiquity, Bodh
Gaya has continued the object of pilgrimage and worship

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