Which shrine

Name the shrineand the visit opens up.

Nothing in that sentence named a shrine we cover, so nothing is being guessed. Pick one below and the stops, the rite and what the trust publishes open up.

You wroteKalupur Swaminarayan Mandir

Six shrines have the visit written end to end

The stops, their order, the rite and who to give to are researched one shrine at a time. These six are done.

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Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

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The samadhi shrine of the 19th-century saint Sai Baba, whose message of unity draws devotees of every faith.

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Kashi Vishwanath Temple

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One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, standing beside the Ganga in the city Hindus hold to be the oldest living place on earth.

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Meenakshi Temple

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A vast walled temple-city in Madurai famed for its towering, brilliantly sculpted gopuram gateways.

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Tirupati Balaji Temple

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Set in the Tirumala hills, this is among the most visited and richly endowed places of worship in the world.

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Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)

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The holiest gurdwara of Sikhism, its gilded sanctum rising from the centre of a sacred pool open to all faiths.

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Kedarnath Temple

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A stone Jyotirlinga shrine high in the Garhwal Himalayas, reached on foot and open only through the summer months.

The rest of the shrines we cover

These have a temple page, and several have timings and costs read off the trust's own site. None has a day-by-day visit written yet — so the planner will say so rather than fill the gap.

This plan is free, and nothing on this page is sold. We work out the visit, then hand you to the temple's own desk.

Every shrine has a pagewhether or not a visit is written.

The directory carries what is recorded for each place, and the shrine's own site stays the authority on timings, booking and fees.

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