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.
The 51 Shakti Peethas — Sacred Abodes of the Devi
शक्ति पीठ
The canonical 51 Shakti Peethas, marking the places across the subcontinent where parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen.
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.
Revered Devi Shrines — Great Temples of the Goddess
देवी मंदिर
Major, mass-pilgrimage temples of the Divine Mother across India — venerated as Shakti Peethas in the broader 52 and 108 traditions, though outside the canonical 51.