Route
Living sacred cities of Sapta Puri and South Indian temple pilgrimage — Varanasi, Mathura, Haridwar, Tirupati, Madurai.
Pairs Gangetic liberation cities with Tirumala and Madurai — the urban heart of Hindu pilgrimage beyond mountain circuits.
7 mapped anchors on the circuit.
1Varanasi (Kashi Vishwanath)IndiaOne of Hinduism’s oldest living sacred cities — ghats of the Ganga and the Jyotirlinga of Kashi Vishwanath.
2Mathura (Krishna Janmasthan)IndiaBirthplace city of Krishna — Sapta Puri pilgrimage heart of Braj.
3HaridwarIndiaGateway city where the Ganga enters the plains — Sapta Puri and Kumbh Mela site.
4Tirumala VenkateswaraIndiaHill temple of Venkateswara — among the world’s most visited Hindu shrines.
5Meenakshi Temple, MaduraiIndiaDravidian temple city of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar — South India’s architectural pilgrimage icon.
6PashupatinathNepalNepal’s foremost Shiva temple on the Bagmati — a UNESCO Kathmandu Valley shrine.
7Vaishno DeviIndiaCave shrine of the goddess in the Trikuta hills of Jammu.
