Sacred places
Beyond the temple pages, the sacred places people traditionally go to: girivalam hills, places for tharpanam, birth-star trees, temples for a child's first rites, wedding temples, padayatra routes, siddhar shrines.
These are traditional practices, not promises of results.
The lists
- Girivalam hills 7 entries · Hills people walk around in worship on Pournami, with the next Pournami windows.
- Places for tharpanam 11 entries · The theerthams, ghats and temples where people traditionally offer tharpanam to their ancestors on Amavasai, Thai, Aadi and Mahalaya Amavasai.
- Birth-star trees 27 entries · The tree tradition gives each of the 27 birth stars. Planting and caring for one's star tree is a custom.
- Temples for a child's first rites 6 entries · Temples families traditionally visit for a child's first tonsure, ear piercing, first rice, naming and cradle vows.
- Wedding temples 6 entries · Temples where many weddings are held, with how a wedding there is traditionally arranged.
- Padayatra routes 4 entries · The traditional pilgrim walks people make on foot at festival time, with the festival's next date.
- Siddhar shrines 12 entries · The jeeva samadhi and adhishtanam shrines of the siddhars and saints.
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