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Holy places and pilgrimage centers

India

The holiest of holy places for Hindus is,  Banaras (Kashi), on the banks of  the Holy river Ganges, (Ganga), in Uttar Pradesh. This ancient city with a recorded history of about 3000 years, is graced by Lord  Vishwanatha (Shiva) and his consort (Annapurna),  also called Vishalakshi.

Rameshwaram at the Southern tip of India is the Southern counterpart of Kashi, so to say and is the abode of Shiva too. Next in order of importance are, Badrinath and Kedarnath, in the Himalayas.

Other pilgrimage centers and the main deities are:

Ayodhya.      Uttar Pradesh.        Sri Rama (birth place) 
Bodh Gaya.    Bihar.      Gautama Buddha
Dakshineshwar.     West Bengal.      Kali  
Dwaraka.    Gujarat.      Lord Krishna  
Gokarna.      Karnataka.        Shiva  
Kanchi.   Tamilnad.   Kamakshi  
Kanyakumari.   Kerala.      Kanyakumari (Parvati)
Kurukshetra.   Haryana.            Hindu Dharma Kshetra  
Madurai.    Tamilnad.         Meenakshi  
Mathura.     Uttar Pradesh.    Sri Krishna (birth place)  
Melukote.      Karnataka.     Cheluvanarayana (Krishna)  
Nanjanagudu.      Karnataka.  Srikanteshwara  
Pandharpur.   Maharashtra.    Panduranga
Prayag.  Uttar Pradesh.     Confluence of Sacred rivers  
Puri.   Orissa.  Jagannath  
Sabarimalai.    Kerala.   Ayyappa  
Srirangam.    Tamilnad.    Ranganatha  
Sringeri.     Karnataka.    Sharadamba/Shankaracharya
Tirupathi.  Andhra Pradesh.   Venkateshwara (Vishnu)
Tiruvanatapuram.   Kerala.  Anantha Padmanabha  
Udupi.    Karnataka.    Sri Krishna  
Vaishnodevi.                   Kashmir.  Durga  

Holy places of Acharya Traya

The seats of learning (Mathas, Peethas) established by the three acharyas  for spreading the sanskrit language and  Hindu religion are also places of pilgrimage.

   Shankaracharya order is established at Sringeri  (Karnataka),

 Dwaraka (Gujarat), Puri (Orissa), and at Badrinath (Himalayas).

Madhwacharya established Ashta mathaas (8 seats of learning) all in the holy city of Udupi in the state of Karnataka.

Ramanujacharya’s seats of learning are at Srirangam in Tamilnad

and  at  Melukote in Karnataka.

All these centers are headed by learned Acharyas (Gurus), teach respective philosophies and are open to the public, irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender.

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Some of the better known temples in USA and the main deities are:

 Sri Mahavallabha Ganapathi Devasthanam. Flushing. NY. (Ganesha).

Sri Venkateswara Temple. Pittsburgh. PA.  (Ventateswara).

Shiva Vishnu Temple. Washington DC/Lanham. MD. (Shiva and Vishnu).

Sri Venkateswara  Swami (Balaji) Temple of Greater Chicago, Aurora. IL. (Balaji).

Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont. IL. (Sri Rama.  Shiva and Durga).

New Mathura Vrindavan. Moundsville. WV 26041.(Krishna).

Shri Raseshwari (Radha Rani) Temple. Austin/Barsana Dham.TX. (Radha Rani).

Meenakshi Devasthanam. Houston/Pearland. TX. (Meenakshi).

Sri Venkateswara  Temple. Los Angeles/Malibu. CA. (Sri Rama).

Shiva Vishnu Temple/ Livermore. CA (Shiva /Vishnu)

More will be included in future updates. We request information about other big temples from visited devotees. Please  Email to rajgad@vipranet.com

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