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  2. Hindu pilgrimage sites - Wikipedia

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    Kumbh Mela: The Kumbh Mela (the "pitcher festival") is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held every three years; the location is rotated among Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain. Old Holy cities as per Puranic Texts: Varanasi formerly known as Kashi, Prayagraj also known as Prayag, Haridwar - Rishikesh , Mathura - Vrindavan ...

  3. Hindu pilgrimage sites in India - Wikipedia

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    Ayodhya is an ancient holy city in Uttar Pradesh, which is one of the seven holy Hindu Saptapuri cites, and considered the home to Ram Janmabhoomi, the birth place of Rama. The Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, India is a Hindu temple, that was inaugurated [4] on 22 January 2024 after a prana pratishtha (consecration) ceremony.

  4. Sapta Puri - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi is the holiest of all and it is favorite to lord Shiva, thus it is often referred as City of Lord Shiva. In Hinduism, one should visit the major temples in Varanasi in his/her life. Ujjain, also known by the ancient name Avanti, has one of the 12 Jyotirlingas installed in the Mahakaleshwar Temple. Each of these cities is also famous ...

  5. List of religious sites - Wikipedia

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    The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí, Israel. The Baháʼí Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Baháʼu'lláh in 19th century Persia, and consider their religion to progress from or succeed Bábism or the Bábi Faith ( Persian: بابی ها Bábí há) founded by the Báb earlier in the century – emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.

  6. Sacred grove - Wikipedia

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    The reverence for groves dedicated to gods like Zeus and Adonis shows how sacred natural spaces were integral to the religious and social fabric of ancient Near Eastern cultures. These sacred groves often became the heart of religious life in their respective regions, not only as sites for ritual but also as places of healing and divine ...

  7. Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques

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    Parthenon in Athens: Some time before the close of the fifteenth century, the Parthenon became a mosque. Before that the Parthenon had been a Greek Orthodox church. Much of it was destroyed in a 1687 explosion, and a smaller mosque was erected within the ruins in 1715; this mosque was demolished in 1843.

  8. List of Jain temples - Wikipedia

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    Palitana Tirtha Dilwara Temples Saavira Kambada Basadi in Moodbidri Brahma Jinalaya, Lakkundi Hutheesing Jain Temple Jain Narayana temple: a UNESCO World Heritage Site Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho: a UNESCO World Heritage Site Lal Mandir in Delhi Lodhurva Jain temple Soniji Ki Nasiyan Panchakuta Basadi, Mandya Parshwanath Temple, Calcutta Jain Tirthankara Relief at Padmakshi Gutta, Warangal ...

  9. Hinduism in Greece - Wikipedia

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    ISKCON (acronym for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness) has few devotees in Greece. ISKCON established a branch in Athens, Greece. ISKCON Greece is located at 13 Kaningos 4° floor 106 77, in Athens Greece . ISKCON Greece has the status of a church, a "house of prayer" and is recognized as such from the Greek Ministry of ...