Sentences with phrase «hindu pilgrims»

Hindu pilgrims made a trek over glaciers to a holy cave in the Himalayan mountains.

While in Nepal, Rachel studied ancient copper casting techniques practiced by Newari Buddhist icon makers and sojourned to sites that are sacred to Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims.

Besides its natural beauty, Tsomgo lake is also a sacred lake that is highly visited by Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims.

Hindu pilgrims come to this mystical place to wash away their sins in the sacred river.

Visit Varanasi — India's holiest city on the banks of the Ganges, where hordes of Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the sacred waters at sunrise.

The city attracts hundreds of thousands of Hindus on pilgrimages; one of Varanasi's most famous sights is the Holy River Ganges - and more specifically, the sight of hundreds of Hindu pilgrims bathing in the river at sunrise in front of one of the many wonderful temples.

One of Varanasi's most famous sights, the Holy River Ganges is often populated with hundreds of Hindu pilgrims bathing in the river at sunrise in front of the many wonderful temples.

Our Uttarakhand hill station Tour Packages also cater to the Hindu pilgrims who seek salvation in «Dev bhoomi».

A train carrying Hindu pilgrims was parked at a station near Godhra, a city already known for religious tensions between its Hindu and Muslim citizens.

Hindu pilgrims made a trek over glaciers to a holy cave in the Himalayan mountains.

She points to forensic evidence which indicates that the fire in the train was most likely caused by a kerosene cooking stove carried by one the Hindu pilgrims.

A railway - car fire in the town of Godhra, which killed a number of Hindu pilgrims, erupted into a weeks - long concerted massacre directed against Muslims throughout the state.

A railroad station crush left 36 people dead Sunday among tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims flocking to the banks of the Ganges River for the world's largest religious gathering, authorities reported.

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash - covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.

Sadhus and Hindu pilgrims began to gather in Kolkata on their way to the annual Hindu holy festival Gangasagar Mela, where an expected hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims will gather at the Gangasagar to take a dip in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Hindu pilgrims bathe in the river, but there is increasing concern that the air quality in the holy city has reached a crisis point.

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Pilgrims come from every corner of India and the globe to bathe in the rivers, where Hindu mythology says an ancient scuffle between gods and demons led to the spilling of amrit, the nectar of immortality.

As yet another pilgrim season moves into its peak, The Hindu presents a substantive volume that captures the temple's message of timeless spirituality, equality and brotherhood.

Later, join the throngs of pilgrims at Chamundi Hills, with its temple on top, and Nandi the Bull (ridden by the Hindu god Shiva) a short walk below.

Our final train journey of the tour takes us to Varanasi, the Hindu's sacred city which attracts thousands of pilgrims a year, and is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

For 40 generations, Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims have trekked to this temple, seeking to ascend toward the holy and the transcendent.

Apart from being a natural splendor, Tsomgo lake is also a sacred lake which is devoted by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims.

Among Penida's most famous temples is Goa Giri Putri, a Balinese Hindu temple set within a limestone cave in the village of Karangsari, which sees a steady flow of pilgrims from the Bali mainland visiting to pay their respects and ask for holy water and blessings.

I pointed out that religions demand lots of resources (I showed them pictures of a church, a Hindu temple, a Jewish menorah and Muslim pilgrims on Hajj); they pose threats to health (I showed people «purifying their souls» by wading in the stinking germ - laden Ganges) and make people do strange things (I showed rows of Muslims bent over with their heads on the floor).