Summary:
The great religions of the world have powerful holy sites that followers are encouraged to visit. These visits, called pilgrimages, are tools of transformation in themselves.

The following article, from the temple newsletter of the Hindu Temple Society in Queens, NY, describes pilgrimage from a Hindu viewpoint. In clear, informative words the author teaches about the importance of visits to holy sites. The tradition is so widespread in India that an entire vocabulary has developed to describe the process.

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