Pilgrimage facts for kids

David Teniers the Younger: Flemish Pilgrim

A pilgrimage is when people travel to a place of worship that is usually far away. They may have to go to a different city or country. Usually a pilgrimage is done for spiritual or religious reasons. Muslims have to do a pilgrimage to Mecca. This is called Hajj. Other modern-day pilgrimages include the Way of St. James, and the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.

There are also non-religious pilgrimages; they include for example:

• seeing the Mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin on the Red Square in Moscow, or
• visiting the birthplace of Elvis Presley.

Related pages

• Mecca

Images for kids

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  Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lhasa, doing full-body prostrations, often for the entire length of the journey

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  Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem according to tradition is the site where Jesus was crucified and resurrected

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  The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima is one of the largest pilgrimage sites (Marian shrine) in the world.

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  Kumbh Mela

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  Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the black cube of the Kaaba in the Al-Haram Mosque

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  Arba'een pilgrims in Mehran

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  Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the Ottoman period, 1867

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  Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India.

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  The Yazd Atash Behram in Iran is an Atash Bahram, the highest grade of fire temple in Zoroastrianism

See also

In Spanish: Peregrinación para niños