तीर्थ यात्रा·Sacred circuits
Walk a pilgrimage
a thousand years old.
Each circuit is a curated set of temples bound by tradition — by deity, by geography, by legend. Visit them as one yatra, or one shrine at a time over a lifetime.
Most walked
The classical circuits
The 12 Jyotirlinga
ज्योतिर्लिंग
The twelve sacred shrines where Lord Shiva is worshipped as a Jyotirlinga — a column of radiant light. A pilgrimage that spans the breadth of India.
Char Dham
चार धाम
The four holy abodes established by Adi Shankaracharya — Badrinath, Dwarka, Jagannath Puri, and Rameshwaram — spanning the four corners of India.
Chota Char Dham
छोटा चार धाम
The four sacred Himalayan pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath.
Ashtavinayak — 8 Ganesha Temples of Maharashtra
अष्टविनायक
The eight sacred Ganesha shrines around Pune in Maharashtra, each housing a self-manifested (Swayambhu) idol of Lord Ganesha.
Saptapuri — The 7 Holy Cities
सप्तपुरी
The seven holiest cities of Hinduism — pilgrimage to any of them is said to grant moksha (liberation).
Pancha Bhoota Sthalams — 5 Temples of the Elements
पंच भूत
Five Shiva temples in South India, each representing one of the five great elements — earth, water, fire, air, and ether.
Shakti Peethas — Sacred Abodes of the Devi
शक्ति पीठ
Sacred shrines of the Divine Mother, marking the places where parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen across the subcontinent.
Divya Desam — 108 Sacred Vishnu Shrines
दिव्य देशम्
The 108 sacred Vishnu temples praised in the Tamil hymns of the twelve Alvar saints. A complete list takes a lifetime to visit.