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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Famous Pilgrimages of India

India is a country having its own unique religion, history and culture. Chardham Tour involves the pilgrimages of four famous holy pilgrimages of India. These four pilgrimages are Yamunotri, Gangotri, Sri Badrinathji and Sri Kedarnathji. These places are referred as Dev Bhumi and millions of Hindu pilgrims visit these four holy places with a view to attain ‘Moksha’. Chardham Yatra was started by Adi Shankaracharya in 8th century. In order to attain salvation, every year millions of devotees register their presence for the famous Chardham tour. Entire four spots of Chardham are located in the lap of Himalayas. When you will visit these holy spots you will get the feeling of deep cleansing from deep inside of your heart.
Chardham Pilgrimage tour starts from east direction and ends to the west direction. You have to start your pilgrimage tour from Yamunotri and then it proceed towards Gangotri and then towards Kedarnath and finally it ends to Badrinath. You may make your chardham tour to be a relaxation tour as usually it is performed in the summer season and you will enjoy travelling through the scenic beauty of these holy places.

There is also one of the most sacred spot in India which is one of the most famous and religious destination of the Hindu in India. The shrine of Maa Vaishno Devi is an auspicious place for the Hindu pilgrims and millions of pilgrims visit this place every year. You can easily reach to Vaishno Devi Shrine from Delhi. It is said to be one of the oldest shrine of India. It is located on the holy hills of Trikuta of the Shivalik Hill Range at a height of 5300 feet. In order to reach the holy cave, you have to travel 13 kms from Katra which is the Base Camp.

If you are interested for Mata Vaishno Devi Helicopter Tour then you have to board for helicopter from the foothills at Katra. The helicopter will board you just a stone’s throw away distance from the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. A visit to sacred place of Mata Vaishno Devi by helicopter will offer you the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking heli-hop journey.

If you are planning to visit the shrine of Maa Vaishno devi Shrine by Helicopter then plan your journey as the services of flights are daily. 5-6 passengers are accommodated in one trip of Helicopter to Vaishno devi shrine and it takes about 8 minutes to reach there.