Home›Hindu Sites›Pilgrimage Status›Major pilgrimage destination todayBrowse ByMajor pilgrimage destination todayThis page groups sacred sites by how active they still are as pilgrimage destinations. Wikipedia notes that Santiago de Compostela "remains a significant pilgrimage site, with around 200,000 pilgrims, both secular and Christian, completing the numerous pilgrimage routes to the cathedral in 2012 alone." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a heavily visited pilgrimage site apart from one now visited only rarely.FactsLearn MoreMajor pilgrimage destination todaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTirthas - crossing-places between the human and the divine: rivers and their confluences, sacred cities, mountain shrines and temple complexes. They are organised into several named, enumerated sets that overlap rather than nest, among them the four Dhams, the twelve Jyotirlingas, the seven sacred cities and the four Kumbh Mela sites. No single list is the list. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe enumerated sets are Puranic, not modern: the pilgrimage lists are set out in the mahatmya literature of the Puranas and elaborated in later digests, and different sectarian traditions promote different lists. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreThe holy places of Hinduism This group gathers the sacred sites of Hinduism, whose sacred geography is exceptionally rich: holy rivers and their confluences, sacred cities, mountain shrines, and vast temple complexes, many the goal of pilgrimages performed for centuries. The land itself is mapped as a network of tirthas, crossing-places between the human and divine. The browser will find the great pilgrimage cities and temples, the sacred rivers led by the Ganges, and the sites bound to particular deities and epics. The entries describe each place's deity, mythology and pilgrimage tradition, noting the sectarian traditions attached to them.Major pilgrimage destination todayFilter Results12 entriesUNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (3)Not Inscribed (3)On a National Tentative List (2)Cult Centre OfAllKrishna (1)Parvati (1)Surya (1)Venkateshwara (1)Vishnu (1)Associated WithAllBrahma (1)Durga (1)Krishna (1)Parvati (1)Shiva (1)Vishnu (2)Originated InAllChina (1)India (9)Indian Subcontinent (5)Southeast Asia (2)Uttarakhand (2)Origin Period Start YearAll501 (1)850 (1)1113 (1)1250 (1)1600 (1)1804 (1)1839 (1)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (2)In active religious use (10)Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument (3)Site TypeAllCave sanctuary (natural) (1)Sacred mountain, hill or peak (1)Sacred river, lake, spring or sea (2)Shrine (1)Temple or temple complex (8)TraditionAllBon (1)Buddhism (2)Hinduism (12)Jainism (1)CountryAllCambodia (1)China (1)India (7)India (Kerala) (1)Indonesia (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Angkor WatMajor pilgrimage destination todayGangotriMajor pilgrimage destination todayGuruvayurMajor pilgrimage destination todayKonark Sun TempleMajor pilgrimage destination todayMeenakshi Amman TempleMajor pilgrimage destination todayMount KailashMajor pilgrimage destination todayPrambananMajor pilgrimage destination todayShri Sai Baba Temple, ShirdiMajor pilgrimage destination todaySree Padmanabhaswamy TempleMajor pilgrimage destination todayTirumala Tirupati Venkateswara TempleMajor pilgrimage destination todayVaishno DeviMajor pilgrimage destination todayYamunotriMajor pilgrimage destination todaySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Hinduismtier 1Gavin Flood, Cambridge University Press, 1996View the Source3. A Survey of Hinduismtier 1Klaus K. Klostermaier, State University of New York Press, 2007View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.