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One India, Many Pilgrimages,
One Spirit
call is not external, it is internal—a
stirring of the spirit in response to
grace.
य य स्थितो भक्तः त त उपस्थितम्।
्द
भावग्ाही जनारनतः सरा दरततष्ठिततः॥
Wherever the devotee
stands in devotion, there the
Dr Sandhya Purecha
Divine is present; the Lord, who
Chairperson, Sangeet Natak
perceives only the feeling, dwells
Akademi
eternally in the heart. India, a
land of staggering diversity,
finds profound emotional and
spiritual unity in its pilgrimages.
From the snow-covered peaks
‘Chalo Bulawa Aaya Hai’— of Amarnath, where pilgrims’
this phrase resounds not merely brave harsh terrain to glimpse
as a call to travel, but as a divine the naturally forming ice-linga
summons that stirs the deepest of Lord Shiva, to the rhythmic
layers of the Indian soul. In the chimes and joyous chants of
Indian spiritual context, it reflects the Jagannath Rath Yatra in
the unspoken, often sudden, call Puri, each pilgrimage becomes
felt by the devotee to undertake a moving symbol of shared faith
a sacred journey—beyond and national integration.
planning, logic, and reason. This The recent resumption of
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