Tag: Pilgrimage
Over 1,000 Hajj pilgrims die amid record heat, AFP reports
A climate scientist interviewed by AsiaNews pointed out that temperatures in Mecca are increasing by 0.4 degrees Celsius each decade
Rome prepares for 35 million pilgrims during 2025 Jubilee Year
The Vatican and the city of Rome are expecting an estimated 35 million people to flock to the Eternal City for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha’s golden footprints
The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region was built around footprints that, according to myth, the Buddha left during a visit
North Korea forces youth to join grueling pilgrimage to sacred Paektu...
‘Why should I have to pay so much money to go suffer in the freezing cold?’
Photos: In Kashmir, Muslims help Hindu pilgrims trek to holy site
Every year, Hindu pilgrims trek to the Amarnath Temple, through rocky pathways that snake around the mountains.
Pilgrimage in Indian Kashmir resumes as many missing from floods
Thousands of undeterred Hindu pilgrims reached the traditional Nunwan base camp south of the shrine
Muslim pilgrims stream out of Mecca for hajj high point
The crowds, capped at one million including 850,000 from abroad chosen by lottery, are the biggest at the hajj since 2019
Saudi welcomes 1 million for biggest hajj pilgrimage since pandemic
One million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's hajj
South Korean shrine celebrates designation as international pilgrimage site
The Vatican dicastery recognized the Haemi Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine as an international pilgrimage destination on March 1, 2021
India allows Sikh pilgrimage to Pakistan after COVID-19
There are an estimated 20,000 Sikhs left in Pakistan after millions fled to India following the religious violence ignited by partition
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