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Pilgrimage Destinations
Find where the great temples are, see which pilgrimage circuits they belong to, and start a plan.
How this works today
This section is for discovery and planning. Athaahanand does not sell flights, hotels, transport, pujas or packages, and shows no package prices. Darshan can be booked at the temples that show a Book Darshan button. The planner turns your choices into a checklist you can send us.
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Char Dham
The four great pilgrimage sites associated with Adi Shankaracharya: Badrinath in the north, Dwarka in the west, Puri in the east and Rameswaram in the south.
Chota Char Dham
The four Himalayan shrines of Uttarakhand: Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. This directory currently lists Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Jyotirlinga
The twelve principal shrines of Shiva across India. This directory currently lists five of them: Somnath, Mahakaleshwar, Kedarnath, Kashi Vishwanath and Ramanathaswamy.
Destinations
Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi
The city on the Ganga that is home to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Plan a trip hereOdisha
Puri
Home of the Jagannath Temple, the eastern site of the Char Dham.
Plan a trip hereAndhra Pradesh
Tirumala & Tirupati
The Tirumala hills and the town of Tirupati below them.
Plan a trip hereJammu and Kashmir
Katra
The base town for the pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine.
Plan a trip hereUttarakhand
Kedarnath & Badrinath
Two Himalayan shrines that belong to the Chota Char Dham circuit.
Seasonal: Both shrines close for the winter. Opening and closing dates are announced each year, so confirm them before you plan.
Plan a trip hereGujarat
Dwarka
The coastal town of the Dwarkadhish Temple, the western Char Dham.
Plan a trip hereGujarat
Somnath
The Saurashtra coast, home of the first Jyotirlinga.
Plan a trip hereTamil Nadu
Rameswaram
An island town in Tamil Nadu, the southern Char Dham.
Plan a trip hereTamil Nadu
Madurai
The temple city of the Meenakshi Amman Temple.
Plan a trip hereUttar Pradesh
Ayodhya
The city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Rama.
Plan a trip hereMadhya Pradesh
Ujjain
A city on the Shipra river and the seat of the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga.
Plan a trip hereUttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
A Krishna pilgrimage town in the Mathura district.
Plan a trip here
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