|
| |
|
|
| |
| Spiritual Tours to India |
|
Spiritual tours to India can be divided into two sections .One is religious tourism to attain peace via touring of different religious sites. Second is holistic healing via Ayurveda that encompasses meditation, yoga, sound and music therapy and naturopathy. |
| |
| Hindu Religious Tourism |
 |
In north India , it revolves around Holy River Ganges and its many tributaries. Hinduism has sixty -four crores deities and innumerable sites dedicated to them are spread all over India. Most important north Indian religious site are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Gomukh and Yamnotri (these together make Char Dham Tour) in state of Uttaranchal. Religious sites in Himachal Pradesh include temples of seven goddesses, Brijeshwari Temple in Kangra and Chintpurni Temple in Kullu valley and Bajnath temple. Vaishno Devi, Bhairava temple, Khir Bhavani temple and Amarnath C aves are the religious.
|
|
|
| Sites in the state of Jammu and Kashmir . Varanasi , Sangam in Allahabad , Mathura and Vrindavan fall in state of Uttar Pradesh. Ujjain , famous for its Mahakal temple and Indore , for its lord hanuman temple and Bada Ganpati temple are in Madhya Pradesh. Khajuraho temples fall in state of Madhya Pradesh. Equally famous is Kalighat in Kolkata , West Bengal and Kamakhya Devi Temple in Assam .
South India -The religious trek covers rock cut Mahabalipuram temples, Kanchipuram (city of 1000 temples), Bragatheeswarar Temple in Thanjavur and Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai all falling in the state of Tamil Nadu. Tirupati Tirumala is situated in state of Andhra Pradesh and Lord Jagannath T emple in Puri is in state of Orissa.
|
| |
| Buddhist Tourism |
|
Ajanta & Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh, Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Sarnath , also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Lord Buddha attained Nirvana and gave his first sermon in Bihar are the most important Buddhist religious sites. Other equally important site is Vaishali in Bihar , where Lord Buddha gave his last sermon and announced his nirvana. Hirapur Temple in Orissa, Spituk Monastery and Hemis Monastery in Ladakh are the other major Buddhist temples. |
| |
| Jainish Tourism |
|
Dilwara Jain Temples , Palitana T emples , Ranakpur and Jain Golden Temple in Falna in Rajasthan, Kanch Mandir in Madhya Pradesh are important religious sites of Jainism. The most important shrine is Sravanabelagola in Mysore , Karnataka. |
| |
| Sikhish Tourism |
| The holiest of Sikh shrines is Golden temple in Amritsar , Punjab . Next on the list is HemKund Sahib in Himachal Pradesh , that is the highest gurudwara in world where devotees starting from G ovind D ham trek a distance of 4329 meters to pay their respects to the Granth Saibh. Sri Guru Nanak Devji G urudwara at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is known for its hot springs that are said to have therapeutic properties. Poanta Sahib is situated in Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh and was founded by tenth Guru Govind SinghJi. Anand Pur Sahib is the birthplace of Khalsa and it lies in state of Punjab along with Takht Sri Damdama S ahib. |
|  |
|
| |
| Holistic Healing Tourism |
| Combines tourism with ayurvedic treatments and yoga camps that offer a complete spiritual experience. Ayurveda means science of life and is the traditional Indian system of natural care that not only detoxifies and distresses the body but also cures the root causes of diseases. Most of the tourism packages center around tridosh nashak i.e. curing of aliments concerning to Kalph, Pitt and vittah. |
| |
| North Indian Centers |
|
Uttaranchal
Ananda spa is one of the best destination spas in the world. Spread overran area of 21,000 square feets it has seventy -nine body and beauty treatments on its rolls based on ancient Ayurveda. These treatments have been combined with modern healing techniques to bring about complete coherence of mind body and soul.
Rajasthan Ayurveda
Government recognized and most famous Ayurvedic centers with proven track records are: Government Yogic Treatment Cum Research Center, SPG Kayakalp Center, Nature Cure Center, Navneet Prakritik Yoga Chikitsa Dham, |
|
|
| Vipassana Dhammathali Center For Meditation, Yoga Sadhana Ashram, Shri Mahavirji Sansthan.
Heritage hotel properties like Shiv Niwas Palace, Rambagh Palace and Super star luxury hotels like Raj Vilas and Udai Vilas offer ayurvedic Spas and medication packages that combine modern techniques of healing along with Thai and European massages.
Gwalior Ayurveda
Jiva spa in Usha Kiran Palace Madhya Pradesh provides ayurvedic treatments and spa facilities. It blends the holistic self-healing ayurvedic therapies with water therapies of Europe. It also offers yoga and meditation packages to completely rejuvenate body.
SOUTH INDIAN CENTERS
Traditional Kerala Ayurvedic resorts offers 5,000-year-old holistic healing treatments. Some of the best known centers are Ayurvedic Beach Resort, Manal Theeram Ayurvedic Beach Resort, KTDC Age Halt Programmes at hotel Samudra at Kovalam and Tea country resort at Munnar. |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
