Sapta Puri are seven holy pilgrimage centers in India .
Specifically, the names of the pilgrimage centres, which are
ancient sacred places are contains with water facilities . They
are: Ayodya, Mathura, Haridwar, Varanasi, Kanchipuram, Avanthi (
Ujjain,) and Dwaraka , those are designated religious places of
spiritual importance.
The Sapta Puri are places of birth of religious and spiritual
masters, places where Gods have descended as incarnations such as
Ayodhya where god Rama was born, and places considered as Nitya
tirthas, naturally endowed, with spiritual powers since ages
such as Varanasi and Haridwar. Kanchipuram is known for its Devi
Kamakshi temple dedicated to the Mother goddess. Dwarka According to
Mahabharatham the place where. Lord Krishna , after leaving Mathura
he spent 100 years till he left for heaven.
Mathura is the incarnation of events in the life of Krishna during
his childhood and young days. Haridwar with shrines of both Lord Siva
and Vishnu, stand for the gateway to Uttarakhand, as the sacred river
Ganga emerges from the hills into the plains at this place. Varanasi
is the place of salvation as it is strongly believed that is the
Moksha Puri will bring salvcation. Varanasi is the holiest of all and
it is favourite to Lord Siva, thus it is often referred as City of
Lord Siva. In Hinduism, recommends that one should visit the
major temples in his/her life time.
Ujjain, also known by the ancient name Avanti, has one of the 12
Jyodirlingas installed in the Mahakaleswarer temple . Haridwar and
Ujjain are famous for the Kumba Mela held once in every 12 years.
(Similar to Mahamagam in Tamil Nadu) Marriage festival of Kamakshi
at Kanchipuram is a special occasion. Sri Krishna Janmashtami (
birth day of Krishna - generally held in August as per Tamil
Adi-Avani. Visiting all above mentioned temples one by one at the
stretch it is said that even hundred and thousand years if one do
penance one will not have these kind of Pious deed
The holy city Banaras is called Kasi "The Luminous One" the
"City of Light". According to the hindu philosophy once in
a life time should visit to Kasi is a most pious deed that destroys
the darkness of ignorance. Hence having dharshan to Visweswarar,
Visalakshi, Annapoorani is the great deed and there is no death/
birth cycle and certainly one will have gods realization.
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