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  The Golden Temple is located in Amritsar, India and is historically a central religious site for the Sikh faith. Representing a strong sikh foundation and distinct identity and heritage, the Golden Temple averages fifty thousand visitors daily making it our third most popular pilgrimage spot.     The Harmandir Sahib also Darbar Sahib and informally referred to as the Golden Temple is a ... Read More »

  Every year nearly 10 million people visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica making this Mexico City home the most popular Marian shrine in the world, and the second most visited Catholic church in the world after Saint Peter’s Basilica. According to the Catholic News Agency, “Lady from Heaven” appeared to a poor Indian named Saint Juan Diego and identified herself ... Read More »

  The Mata Vaishno Devi temple is located in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir near the town of Katra. Over eight million devotees visit the temple every year making this the second most popular religious site in the country. The Vaishno Devi Temple is one of the most revered sites for Hindus, sitting at an altitude of 5200 feet.   ... Read More »

  The southern French town of Lourdes is a popular site where Catholics celebrate the Virgin Mary’s ascent to heaven amongst other celebratory events. Today more than seven million visitors come to Lourdes annually.     Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France. The former regional language of this area used to be Gascon ... Read More »

  Over half a million people visit the Bahai Gardens in Haifa, the largest city in Northern Israel. The gardens are geometric, symmetrical, and lined by rows and avenues of flowers creating a serene environment of meditative thought and peaceful resilience. The center of the site encompasses and protects the visitors without any harsh walls.           Read More »

  About 4.2 million people visit the Vatican in Rome, Italy every year. Catholics believe it to be a holy place with monuments to various saints and papal authority houses all circled around. It is said that it was here in the center of the circus was where St. Peter took his last breath. Since 1929, Vatican city has been an independent, self-governing ... Read More »

  Over 2 million tourists visit the city of Jerusalem annually. It is an important location for Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Jewish people see Jerusalem as the Biblical Zion, the City of David, the site of Solomon’s Temple, and the eternal capital of the Israelite nation. For Christians, it is the site of the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection of ... Read More »