A Hindu Pilgrimage
from the poorest and receive large sums of money from the richest people. This implies or suggests that pilgrimage sites are stamped with a scared character primarily so as to attain money. for example, the river Ganges and the city Benares occupied a position far greater than all other rivers and other sacred cities , but the brahmans became jealous of the monopoly enjoyed by those in Benares. (Narayan , K , 1989 , pp 65-68 )
What happened was that, the development of free trade in the inventing of myths for the consecration of particular places was introduced, where place after place was claimed to be sacred ground. It seems very deceitful in leading Hindus to believe many places are sacred, when they are not, just so as to attain large sums of money.
It occurs to me that many pilgrimage destinations are sort of marketed if you like , in no way dissimilar to the way holiday destinations like for instance, hawaii are marketed to attract tourists and their money.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, i have argued from both sides of the coin ,so-to-speak. what we know is that Hindus accord pilgrimages with great importance. A pilgrimage is believed to be a way by which Hindus can atone for their sins and even to eradicate them. Without a doubt, millions of Hindus around the world recognise pilgrimages as being the pinacle of their religion, for they feel and believe the darsan that can be gained from journeying as a pilgrim and experiencing a pilgrimage from the holy place, or from the divine image of the deity exceeds, by far, darsan of that which can be given by holy men, such as sadhus. However, sadhus themselves are walking temples and are regarded as divine deities as well. Why go on a pilgrimage ,in the quest for darsan , which is extremely arduous , when you can remain within your place of domicile and attain darsan from a sadhu? Are we to believe then that the most prolific sinner will gain more darsan than the person who acts as, and has the heart of a saint ? Yes , we are , If we are to accept that the pilgrimage is an extremely important part of Hinduism, though, this should not be the case.
Sadhus offer more in the way of giving Hindus sound advice, and generally guiding followers onto the appropriate path in life in comparison to the pilgrimage. Also , wherever there is a pilgrimage site, there is a brahman that collects offerings and sums of money from pilgrims suggesting that some or many of the sites are in a sense marketed like a holiday tour destination primarily to extract money even from the poorest of the poor. Rather , the poorest should not have to go through increased hardship by paying a collection fee just to go to a pilgrimage site, it should primarily be the rich that pay ,and what may i ask do the brahmen use the money for ,of which they [next page]