World Places of Pilgrimage Map

The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre is located in Basilica by the Saint Lawrence River. Around half a million pilgrims visit this place every year. Las Huaringas is located in the Northern Andes, in a mountain chain called "Cordillera del Wamani" which has fourteen lakes with curative and magical powers. These lakes are called Las Huaringas (sacred lakes). People from Peru and abroad come to this pilgrimage site. Vatican City, the world's smallest country is home to St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.


It is the most visited city in the world. It is located in the middle of Rome and is the home of Roman Catholicism. Jerusalem holds an important role in the three major religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The places of religious significance are Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Mecca, the holy city of Muslims is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mecca is the birthplace of Prophet Mohammed. Every year Muslims from all over the world come here for Haj.

India is home to numerous pilgrimage centres. The Somnath Temple in Gujarat is one of the 12 jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva. It is said that Moon God himself built it. Pushkar occupies one of the highest place among the pilgrim places as Ganga in rivers. Many pilgrims visit the Brahma Temple, Savitri Temple, Rangji Temple, Warah Temple and Apteshwar Temple every year. Sanchi is an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage place famous for the stupas here. Benaras is a holy Hindu city based on the banks of river Ganges. It is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. Bodhgaya in Bihar, is the place where prince Siddhartha gained Budhhahood. It's the holiest site for Buddhists from all over the world. Pashupatinath is Nepal's holiest and oldest Hindu pilgrimage destination. This pilgrimage center is dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Major pilgrimage places of the world

Sl. No.	Pilgrimage places	Country / Location	Lat	Long
1	Mariazell	Austria	47.770248	15.314879
2	Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	-13.254399	-43.418754
3	Bagan	Burma /Myanmar	21.366688	95.466679
4	Lhasa	China (Tibet)	29.645542	91.140855
5	Stonehenge	United Kingdom	51.178901	-1.826115
6	Lourdes	France	43.091454	-0.045780
7	Lisieux	France	49.145931	0.227851
8	Kevelaer	Germany	51.581352	6.245757
9	Mount Athos	Greece	40.158886	24.328333
10	Somnath	India (Gujarat)	20.906008	70.384375
11	Amritsar	India (Punjab)	31.633874	74.872236
12	Bodh Gaya	India (Bihar)	24.695104	84.991272
13	Tirupati	India (Andhra Pradesh)	13.628747	79.419187
14	Varanasi	India (Uttar Pradesh)	25.317630	82.973916
15	Puri	India (Odisha)	19.813376	85.831469
16	Magelang	Indonesia (Central Java)	-7.481198	110.213807
17	Croagh Patrick	Ireland	53.760064	-9.659526
18	Western Wall	Israel (Jerusalem)	31.776825	35.233786
19	Church of the Holy Sepulcher	Israel (Jerusalem)	31.778380	35.229581
20	Bethlehem	Israel (Jerusalem)	31.705757	35.202663
21	Assisi	Italy	43.070708	12.619597
22	St. Peter's Basilica	Italy (Rome)	41.902293	12.454902
23	Ise Grand Shrine	Japan (Ise)	34.455016	136.725789
24	Luang Prabang	Laos	19.884145	102.141388
25	Basilica de Guadalupe	Mexico (Mexico City)	19.484870	-99.117710
26	Lumbini	Nepal	27.679172	83.507013
27	Las Huaringas	Peru	-4.307491	-80.958888
28	Fatima	Portugal	39.617214	-8.652137
29	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	21.416664	39.816663
30	Medina	Saudi Arabia	24.461057	39.620169
31	Saragossa	Spain	41.656754	-0.880121
32	Santiago de Compostela	Spain	42.880451	-8.546302
33	Sri Pada	Sri Lanka	6.809241	80.499666
34	Damascus	Syria	33.511120	36.306412
35	St. Paul's Chapel	USA (New York)	40.711191	-74.008989
36	Salt Lake Temple	USA (Salt Lake)	40.770465	-111.891903

Last Updated on: February 25th, 2020