Gujarat is one fascinating land that serves as a great crowd puller due to its immense tourism potential. This mesmerizing western Indian state of lions and legends is home to diverse and scenic landscape, endangered wildlife, historical sites, vast uninterrupted coastlines, verdant woods, ancient and highly revered temples and many more. Tour operators offer to tourists various types of tour packages for Gujarat. Packages like Gujarat Temple tour, Gujarat wildlife tour, Gujarat beach tour, Gujarat cultural tour are some of the tour packages of Gujarat that enjoy great popularity in the country’s tourism circuit. If you are a religiously inclined person, opting for a Gujarat pilgrimage tourism package is the best for you. Gujarat pilgrimage tourism takes you on a tour of all the major pilgrimage destinations, temples and shrines of Gujarat. To learn more about Gujarat pilgrimage tourism, read on-
Gujarat pilgrimage tourism encompasses the following types of religious tours of Gujarat-
Jain Temple Tour
Jainism had played a dominant role in Gujarat once upon a time. The state is dotted with several beautiful Jain temples which are not only sacred places but also great specimens of ornate art and architecture. The Jain temple tour of Gujarat will take you on a tour of the Palitana jain temples atop mount Shatrunjaya, Mount Girnar Jain temples near Junagadh, Jamnagar Jain temples in Jamnagar’s Chandi Bazar, Hutheesing Jain Temple in Ahmedabad
Jyotirlingam Tour
Gujarat Jyotirlingam tour takes you on a tour of two of the most revered Jyotirlingam of the country; the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga located in Gujarat’s Dwarka and the Somnath Jyotirlingam located in Gujarat’s shore city, Somnath. At the Nageshwar temple lord Shiva is worshipped as Naganath or ‘Lord of Snakes’. At the temple of Somnath, lord Shiva is worshipped as the ‘Lord of the moon God’
Dwarka Sapta Puri Tour
Dwarka is one of the most holy lands of the country. This pilgrimage destination of Gujarat is counted among the ‘Sapta Puri’ or ‘seven holy lands’ of the Hindus. Also, it is one of the Chardham of the Mahaparikrama Chardham circuit. Dwarka is steeped in religious as well as mythological significance. Dwarka is home to the famous Dwarkadheesh temple or Jagat Mandir that enshrines the image of lord Krishna as the ‘King of Dwarka’. The lord here is all dressed up in his kingly avatar. There are many other holy places to see at Dwarka other than the Dwarkadheesh temple. For instance, you could visit Beyt Dwarka, Rukmani Mandir, Gomti Ghat, Gopi Talav, Gita Mandir, Nageshwar Jyotirlinga, Siddheshwar Mahadev Mandir, ISKON Temple, Sudama Setu etc
Other Hindu Temple Tours
Other Hindu temples tour of Gujarat may include Jamnagar’s Bala Hanuman Temple, Ahmedabad’s Swaminarayan temple, Gandhinagar’s Akshardham temple, Modhera’s Sun temple, Porbander’s Bileshwar Mahadev temple and Gop temple in its itinerary.
Islamic Pilgrimage Tour
Gujarat had seen the growth and expansion of Islam in the yesteryears and thus the state is dotted with numerous sacred relics of Islamic religion. The Islamic pilgrimage tour of Gujarat will take you on a tour of some of the most renowned and sacred mosques of Gujarat such as Ahmed Shah’s mosque, Rani Rupmati’s Mosque, Rani Sipri’s mosque, Sidi Saiyad mosque, Sidi Bashir Mosque, Jama Masjid.
Christian Pilgrimage Tour
When it comes to Gujarat Christian pilgrimage tourism we are at once reminded of the quaint and quiet Diu and two of its most famous churches which are indeed a must-visit for any pious Christian. St Thomas Church and St Paul’s Church of Diu are two of the most revered churches of the country. St Thomas church has a simple architecture, is home to the museum of Diu and comes with a spooky collection of ancient catholic statues. St Paul’s Church dates back to 1600 and had been set up by the Jesuits.
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