| Four
sacred abodes of Vishnu, Dhams |
Badrinath
(North, U.P)
Puri (East, Orissa)
Dwarka (West, Gujarat)
Rameshavarem (South, Tamil Nadu) |
| Five
Kashi(regional symbols/ Microcosoms of Banaras) manifested at |
Gupt
Kashi
Uttarkashi (north)
Dakshina Kashi
Ten Kashi
Shiva Kashi (south). |
| Seven
sacred cities bestowing salvation (Puris) |
Kanchipuram
(Tamil Nadu)
Dwarka (Gujarat)
Mathura (U.P)
Haridwar (U.P)
Ayodhya (U.P)
Varanasi (U.P)
Ujjain (M.P) |
| Twelve
jyoti lingas of Shiva |
Kedarnath(U.P)
Vishveshvara(Varanasi, U.P)
Vaidyanath (Deoghar, Bihar)
Mahakala (Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh)
Omkara (Mandhata, M.P)
Nageshvara(Dwaraka, Gujarat)
Somnath (Gujarat)
Triyambaka (Maharashtra)
Ghushmeshvara (Ellora, Maharashtra)
Bhimashankar (Maharashtra)
Mallikarjuna (Srishailam, A.P)
Rameshavarm (Tamil Nadu). |
| Four
Buddhist sites related to The Buddha's life |
Lumbini
(birth, Nepal)
Bodh Gaya (enlightenment, Bihar)
Sarnath (first sermon) Varanasi, U.P)
Kushinagar (Nirvana, Deoria, UP). |
| Five
sacred Ponds, Sarovaras |
Vindu
(Sidhapur, Gujarat)
Narayana (Kutch, Gujarat)
Pampa (Vijayanagar, Karnataka)
Pushkar (Rajasthan)
Mansarovarar (Tibet). |
| Seven
most sacred rivers |
The
Ganga
Yamuna
Godaveri
Saraswati (now vanished)
Cauvery
Narmada
Sindhu (Indus). |
| Nine
sacred forest areas, Aranyas |
Dandaka
(eastern M.P)
Saindhava (between the Indus and Satluj rivers, Pakistan)
Pushkar (central Rajasthan)
Naimisha (central-east U.P)
Kuru (northern U.P)
Utpalavarta(south of Vaigai river, Tamil Nadu)
Jambu (north-west Rajasthan)
Himavada (between Indus and Satluj)
Arbuda (south-east Rajasthan). |