Hindu Pilgrimage

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Hindu Pilgrimage

• By Beth Stickland

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What is a...

• Pilgrimage?
• A special journey, not just actually
  travelling to a place but also a spiritual and
  often religious journey.
• Pilgrim?
• A person who goes on this special journey.

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Today we are learning

• About some of the Hindu pilgrimage sites in
  India.
• By the end we will
• know the main places Hindu pilgrims visit
• know why these places are important to Hindus

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What is the Hindu religion?

• Hindu is a religion that has been around for
  thousands of years, and it comes from India.

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What do Hindus believe?

• Hindus believe very strongly in Reincarnation.
• Hindus believe in God (Brahman) but God has over
  330 million different forms.

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Where do Hindu Pilgrims travel to?

• Pilgrimages for Hindus usually end up in India.
  There are many important sites in the beautiful
  area around the Himalayan mountains in North
  India.

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These places are

• Badrinath
• Kedarnath
• Yamunotri
• Gangotri

• These four places are visited every year by
  thousands of Pilgrims

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The Ganges
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WHY?

• To clean themselves of sin and bad things.
• To get closer to Brahman (their god).

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Today we are learning

• About some of the Hindu pilgrimage sites in
  India.
• By the end we will
• know the main places Hindu pilgrims visit
• know why these places are important to Hindus