After learning about the Banaras and Varanasi Pilgrimage on Tuesday this week I thought it was strange that they had 5 different routes of pilgrimage they could take ranging from 168 miles, 55 miles, 15 miles, visiting 72 shrines around the city, visiting 72 shrines right inside of the Vishveshvara temple. I was kind of surprised by such a big range between the different pilgrimage’s people can do because I don’t know why someone would want to do the 168 mile one over any of the shorter ones.
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In my opinion the reason there are multiple ways to take these similar pilgrimages is the same reasons why Christians have many pilgrimage sites. Each pilgrimage ends near the same site but they all visit different sites. Some people may not have time one year to take the longer pilgrimages but may want to still go on one so they may take a shorter path. It probably wasn’t planned this way but turned out for the best for people.