HOLY PLACES OF INDIA

  Five Dhams

    Seven Puris (Saptapuri)     Five Kedars (Pnchakedar)
  Seven Badris (Sapta Badri)     Panchnatha (Five Nathas)     Panchkashi (Five Kashis)
  Sapta Saraswati     Saptaganga     Sapta punya nadi
  Sapta Kchetra     Panchasarovar     Nava Aranay
  Chaturdash Prayag     Chatur Kumbha     Dwadash Jyotirlingam
  Dwadash Parvatis        

  Five Dhams

Shribadrinath - In U.P.
Shridwarkanathdham - In Gujarat province
Shri Jagganath dham (Puri) - In Orissa
Sri Rameswaram - In Tamilnadu state
Sri Baidyanath dham (Bihar) - In Bihar near Patna.

 

 Seven Puris (Saptapuri)
Kashi (Benares)
Kanchipuram
Mayapuri (Haridwar) - in U.P.
Ayodhyapuri - In U.P.
Dwarkapuri
Mathurapuri
Avantikapuri (Ujjaini) - In U.P.

  Five Kedars (Pnchakedar) - All are in the Himalayas
Sri Kedarnath
Sri Madhyameswar
Sri Tunganath
Sri Rudranath
Sri Kaleswar

  Seven Badris (Sapta Badri) - All are in the Himalayas
Sri Badrinath Dham - In the Himalayas
Adi Badri - Ancient Badri
Briddha Badri - Old Badri
Bhaviswa Badri - Future Badri
Yog Badri
Adi Badri in Tibet
Nrisingha Badri

  Panchnatha (Five Nathas)
North - Sri Badrinath
South - Sri Ranganath (Sri Rangam)
East - Sri Jagannath
West - Sri Dwarkanath
Centre - Sri Gobardhannath (Near Sri Nath in Rajasthan)

  Panchkashi (Five Kashis)
Kashi - Benaras or Varanasi
Guptakashi
Uttarkashi
Dakshinkashi
Shivakashi Virudhanagar on Trivandaram line.

  Sapta Saraswati (Seven Saraswatis) - Rivers of knowledge
Suprabha - Pushkar in Rajasthan
Kanchanakhi - Naimish
Vishal - Gaya in Bihar
Manorama - South Koshal
Bhogawati - Kurukchetra
Suranu - Haridwar in U.P.
Vindodhaka - Himalaya

  Saptaganga (Seven Ganagas) - Rivers of life
Vagirathi
Briddhaganga - Old Ganaga
Kalindi
Saraswati
Kaveri
Narmada
Veni

  Sapta punya nadi (Seven pious rivers)
Ganga
Yamuna
Godavari
Saraswati
Narmada
Sindhu
Kaveri

  Sapta Kchetra (Seven Battlegrounds)
Kurukchetra - In Hariyana.
Hariharakcehtra - Sonpur
Prabhaskchetra - Gujarat
Ramkchetra - In U.P. near Mathura
Bhungakchetra - Bhuruch
Puroshottamkchetra - In Orissa near Puri
Sukarkchetra - Saro

  Panchasarovar (Five lakes)
Bindusarovar - Siddhapur
Narayan Sarovar - Kaccha
Pampa sarovar - Mysore
Pushkar sarovar - Rajasthan
Man sarovar - Tibet

  Nava Aranay (Nine forests)
Dandakaranay
Sandhyakaranay
Pushkaranay
Naimisharanay
Kurujangal - Forest of the Kurus or Kauravas
Utpalhartakaranya
Jambumarga
Himbadranaranay
Arbudraranaya

  Chaturdash Prayag (Fourteen Prayag)
Prayagraj (Ganga - Yamuna - Saraswati)
Devaprayag (Alalananada - Vagirathi)
Rudraprayag (Alakananda - Mandakini)
Karnaprayag (Alakananda - Pindurganaga)
Nanada prayag (Alakananda - Nanda)
Vishnuprayag (Vishnuganga - Alakananda)
Suryaprayag (Mandakini - Alashtaranginin)
Inguprayag (Bhagirathi - Nyasganga)
Somprayag (Som - Manadakini)
Bhaskarprayag
Hariprayag (Hariganaga - Bhagirathi)
Guptaprayag (Neelganaga - Vagirathi)
Shyamprayag (Shyamganga - Bhagirathi)
Keshavprayag (Alakananda - Saraswati)

  Chatur Kumbha
Haridwar
Prayag - near Allahabad
Nasik
Ujjain

  Dwadash Jyotirlingam (Twelve Shiva Lingas)
 Sri Somnath - Gujarat
Sri Mallikarjuna - Tamailnadu - Krishna river
Sri Mahakaleshwar (The great ending or time)
Sri Omkareswar - M.P. in Omkareswar Road. The temple is in the middle of the Narmada
River in an island. Shiva had manifested here because of prayers from devotees. It is one
of the great lingas. It gives worshippers many boons.
Sri Kedarnath - U.P. in the Himalayas
Sri Bhimashnabara - Maharastra near Dakini
Sri Viswesvara - U.P. in Benares
Sri Vaidyanath dham - Bihar
Sri Nageswar - Gujarat near Dwarka or Darukavan
Sri Trambbakeswar - Near the Gomati River
Sri Rameswaram - in South
Sri Ghuseswar - Aurangabad, Maharastra
Sri Amarnath - In the Himalayas

  Dwadash Parvatis (Twelve famous idols of Parvati or Shakti)
Kmakhi - Kanchipuram
Bhrmaranta - Mayelgiri
Kumari - Kanayakumari
Ambadevi - Gujarat
Mahalakchmi - Kolhapur
Kalika - Ujjaini
Lalitadevi - Prayag
Bindhyavasini - Bindhya Parvat (Mountain)
Vishalakchi - Varanasi (Benares)
Mangalarati - Gaya
Sundari - W. Benga
Guhayakesari - Nepal

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