This was a very fun and interesting read since I have no background knowledge about the Hindu religion. It was a good experience, in the end, since I was actually able to participate in class and answer some question and make connections to previously learned things.<\/p>\n
I found out that there is more than one pilgrimage that you can take and sometimes each one represents something different. One thing that surprised me was that the shortest pilgrimage was the one that only stayed in the temple. During this pilgrimage the devotee to Shiva would visit 72 different places in the temple in order to worship her, also known as Puja.<\/p>\n
At the end of all five of the pilgrimages they meet at the Ganges River. Which is the main area where people go to bathe, wash animals, and perform Puja, and to get down to the river there are these steps called ghats that lead down to it. There is also a temple called Vishveshvara that is actually the starting point for all five of the pilgrimages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was a very fun and interesting read since I have no background knowledge about the Hindu religion. It was a good experience, in the end, since I was actually able to participate in class and answer some question and … Continue reading