Реферат: Hindu Pilgrimage Essay Research Paper The following

richest people. This implies or suggests that pilgrimage sites are

stamped with a scared character primarily so as to attain money. for

example, the river Ganges and the city Benares occupied a position far

greater than all other rivers and other sacred cities , but the

brahmans became jealous of the monopoly enjoyed by those in Benares.

(Narayan , K , 1989 , pp 65-68 )

What happened was that, the development of free trade in the inventing

of myths for the consecration of particular places was introduced, where

place after place was claimed to be sacred ground. It seems very

deceitful in leading Hindus to believe many places are sacred, when they

are not, just so as to attain large sums of money.

It occurs to me that many pilgrimage destinations are sort of marketed

if you like , in no way dissimilar to the way holiday destinations like

for instance, hawaii are marketed to attract tourists and their money .

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, i have argued from both sides of the coin ,so-to-speak .

what we know is that Hindus accord pilgrimages with great importance. A

pilgrimage is believed to be a way by which Hindus can atone for their

sins and even to eradicate them. Without a doubt, millions of Hindus

around the world recognise pilgrimages as being the pinacle of their

religion, for they feel and believe the darsan that can be gained from

journeying as a pilgrim and experiencing a pilgrimage from the holy

place, or from the divine image of the deity exceeds, by far, darsan of

that which can be given by holy men, such as sadhus. However, sadhus

themselves are walking temples and are regarded as divine deities as

well. Why go on a pilgrimage ,in the quest for darsan , which is

extremely arduous , when you can remain within your place of domicile

and attain darsan from a sadhu? Are we to believe then that the most

prolific sinner will gain more darsan than the person who acts as, and