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Ayodhya
The city of Rama’s dynasty, exile and return in the Ramayana, and a living pilgrimage centre.
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Badrinath
The Himalayan Vishnu pilgrimage centre is associated with Nara-Narayana and the northern Char Dham tradition.
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Bhimashankar
The Maharashtra pilgrimage shrine is a major Jyotirlinga identification; alternative regional claims should be acknowledged.
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Chedi
The kingdom associated with Shishupala; its ancient boundaries are not a single modern point.
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Chidambaram
The Nataraja temple expresses Shaiva traditions of divine dance and sacred space.
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Chitrakuta
Rama, Sita and Lakshmana dwell in Chitrakuta during exile; Bharata’s meeting belongs to its narrative.
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Dandakaranya
The forest region of Rama’s exile is a broad epic landscape, not one precisely bounded modern forest.
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Dhanushkodi
The coastal settlement at the end of Rameswaram island belongs to the living landscape of Rama Setu traditions.
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Dvaraka
Krishna’s western city in epic and Puranic narratives. The living pilgrimage site and individual archaeological claims are separate matters.
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Ekachakra
The Pandavas’ refuge and the Bakasura episode belong to this epic settlement; modern identifications differ.
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Gandhara
The ancient northwestern region associated with Gandhari and Shakuni.
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Ganga
The river Ganga is a physical river and sacred narrative landscape, distinct from the goddess Ganga’s being record.
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Gangotri
A Himalayan Ganga shrine; the temple town and the glacier source landscape are distinct locations.
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Godavari
The river belongs to the southern sacred landscape and Rama’s Panchavati setting.
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Gokarna
A living Shaiva pilgrimage town whose Atmalinga tradition connects Ravana and Ganesha.
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Gokula
A traditional setting of Krishna’s childhood with Nanda and Yashoda.
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Govardhana
The sacred hill central to Krishna’s lifting of Govardhana and later circumambulation traditions.
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Guruvayur
A living Krishna pilgrimage centre with a distinctive temple tradition.
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Haridwar
A major Ganga pilgrimage city at the transition from mountain to plain.
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Hastinapura
The Kuru capital in the Mahabharata; the modern town preserves the traditional name and association.
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LocationHindu religious traditions
Indraprastha
The Pandavas’ capital in the epic; identification with sites in Delhi belongs to traditional and historical debate.
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Janakpur
A living pilgrimage city traditionally associated with Janaka, Sita and the marriage narrative.
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Kamakhya
The Nilachal hill shrine is a major Shakta sacred centre with distinctive local ritual traditions.
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