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PILGRIMAGE
- ITS IMPORTANCE
Among the many suggested as means, pilgrimage - yatra to holy
places, sanctified by the association of gods and godmen takes pride
of place, and it has manifold blessings and multifarious gains.
These spiritual havens scattered all over our India abound in
gigantic structures raised in memory of divinities and dedicated
men. They bear the marks of the highest ingenuity of man in realms
of art and architecture. Seeing the deities enshrined and the works
of art embellishing them is deemed an act of papanivarana according
to the sacred books. In addition to enjoying the benefit of dipping
in sacred rivers circumambuting the deities sipping the punya
thirthas, the pilgrims establishes ties with fellowmen of diverse
faiths and customs etc., living in different parts of India. If the
yatra is made to those parts in the true spirit enunciated it
transforms the base into divine the change - its aftermath even if
it is changed a little due to either passage of time, or fickleness
of mind. Its memory lingers longer and supplies enough fuel to
sustain and retain its divine aroma fill death.
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