India has many types of yatras, Pilgrims believe that yatra washes away all sins and opens doors for “Moksha”
Including pilgrimages to sacred sites, and other types of journeys:
This trek is to the cave of Baba Amarnath (Lord Shiva), where an ice-lingam forms only for this specific period of time.
The pilgrimage sites at Badrinath and Rameshwaram fall on the same longitude, while those at Dwarka and Puri fall on the same latitude.
Jai Mata Di!' No list of pilgrimages in India can be without a trek to Vaishno Devi's temple in Katra. The 13 kms long trek can either be done on foot, on a horse, on a palanquin or by helicopter.