Pilgrimage : Tirthayatra
Pilgrimage : Tirthayatra Pilgrimage to holy places is a practice common to all religions. Followers of every religion look upon certain places specially sacred and they cherish the desire to visit those places at least once in their life. Jerusalem is sacred to both, the Jews and Christian. A devout Christians finds his love for Christ greatly deepened , as all incidents in the life of Christ come alive to him when he visits Jerusalem . Similarly Macca and Madina, two places where prophet Mohammed spent major part of his life, are sacred to Muslims. It has been laid down in the holy Koran that every Muslim must perform Haj-pilgrimage to Mecca and Madina atleast once in his life. Buddhists from all over the world visit Gaya , Sarnath, Kushinagar and Lumbini. When a Buddhist goes to Gaya and looks at the sacred, peepal tree under which Siddharth Gautam attained bodhi i.e.enlightenment, hence he is called th