Holy Cities of India
Holy Cities of the hindouism
Seven Villes of India are regarded as crowned or holy for the Hindouisme:
- Vârânasî, ex Bénarès, or Kâshâ (Uttar Pradesh),
- Haridwar (Uttaranchal),
- Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), the birthplace of Rāma,
- Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), the birthplace of Krishna,
- Dwarka (Goujerat), the place where Krishna becomes king,
- Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu),
- Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh).
Four cities accommodate, at three years of interval, the large gathering of the Kumbhamelâ, each one every 12 years:
- Nâsik (Maharashtra),
- Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh),
- Allâhâbâd, also called Prayâg in this case (Uttar Pradesh),
- Haridwar (Uttaranchal).
Four cities form the pilgrimage more crowned, that of the four divine residences, at the four cardinal points of the mythological chart of India:
- Kedarnath, with the Northern , close to the source of the Gange, associated with Shiva,
- Puri (Orissa), with the Is, associated with Jagganath, form of Krishna,
- Rameshvaram (Tamil Nadu), with the Southern, associated with Rama because on the bridge of Rowed,
- Dwarka (Goujerat), with the Western, associated with Krishna.
Holy Cities of the Buddhism
Four cities are regarded as holy by the Buddhist :
- Lumbinî, the birthplace of the Buddha (Nepal)
- Bodh-Gaya, the place where it reached the awakening (Bihar)
- Sârnâth, the place of the first sermon (Uttar Pradesh)
- Kusinâgar, the place where it reaches the bet Nirvāna (Uttar Pradesh)
Symbolic systems cities for the Sikhs
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Nankana Sahib (Pakistan), birthplace of Gurû Nanak, called then Talwandi
- Amritsar (Pendjab), founded by Gurû RAM Das, where is the Temple of Gold
- Anandpur Sahib (Pendjab), capital of Gurû Gobind Singh, emblematic city of the resistance of Sikhs, birthplace of the Khalsa
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