If we talk about sacred pilgrimages, two places in the world are the most famous – The north-eastern group of cities in India (Haridwar, Varanasi and so on) for Hindus and Mecca in the middle-east, for the Islamic. Mecca is center of pilgrimage for the followers of Islam and is also the place where Prophet Muhammad was born. Mecca lies in the mountainous region of central Saudi Arabia. The legends say that Adam and Eve had wandered for 200 years after they fell from Paradise onto the earth. They were then made to unite on Mt. Arafat, where the present day Mecca is situated. Adam built a similar shrine as the one in Paradise. After many generations, Abraham received instructions from God and he along with Ishmael (his son) rebuild the shrine. Following them, Abraham was able to reveal perfect location of the Archangel Gabriel, and  [...]

The Chaco canyon lies in the desert of the north western region of the desert in New Mexico.  The Navaho use to call the people by the word ‘Ansazi’ which means ‘the ancient ones’. These Ansazi used the Chaco canyon as their main ceremonial site. The Ansazi were people who hunted and gathered food. They started living in settled communities eventually and Chaco canyon is one of those few places where they settled and lived. In the period between 900 AD and 1100 AD, many sophisticated complex buildings were built. The village that was built had about six hundred rooms with many buildings going up two and three levels. The village was called Pueblo Bonito. There were ceremonial structures built called kivas. At one time, the village could hold comfortably a population of about twelve hundred people. After researchers has  [...]