5 Fascinating Sacred Destinations of India

Rishikesh- Town of Sages and Temples

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Rishikesh is a small town in Uttarakhnad, which is located amidst scenic beautiful hills and the river Ganges flows beneath the dense green forests. The place offers a perfect spot for pilgrimage along with meditation facilities and the meditation in Rishikesh is believed to help you achieve salvation. One can find Americans, Japanese, French, German and other Europeans in the various ashrams along the banks of the river, who come for meditation. Some of the major attractions of this place are - Tapovan, Lakshmana Jhula, Mahadeo Temple, Triveni Ghat, Swarga Ashram and Vasishtha Goofa.
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Reader's comments(4)
1: what i personally think is you guys forgot major destination.. Vaishno Devi in this list. Even in heavy snow falls 1000s of pilgrims reach there for Maa Vaishno Devi darshan... Jai Mata Di.. :)
Posted by: Ashish Gilhotra - 29 Feb, 2012
2: what about Tirupathi Balaji temple.this article is incomplete one w/o tirupathi Balaji temple
raghu replied to: Ashish Gilhotra post - 03 Mar, 2012
3: Good summary of diffferent places of interest within those well known destinations!
Posted by: raju - 28 Feb, 2012
4: good article!
Posted by: Adarsh - 27 Feb, 2012