Pilgrimage
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A pilgrimage is when people travel to a place of worship that is usually far away. They may have to go to a different city or country. Usually a pilgrimage is done for spiritual or religious reasons. Muslims have to do a pilgrimage to Mecca. This is called Hajj. Other modern-day pilgrimages include the Way of St. James, and the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
There are also non-religious pilgrimages; they include seeing the Mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin on the Red Square in Moscow, or visiting the birthplace of Elvis, for example.
A pilgrim at the Masjid al Haram Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
Sikh pilgrims on a bus to Manikaram |
[change] See also
- Sacred site
- Religion
- Christianity
- Islam
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Jerusalem
- St. Peter's Basilica
- Assisi
- Mecca
- Lourdes
- The Canterbury Tales