Pilgrimage Sites
Different Muslim-majority countries, speaking many different languages, use different words for these sites.
- Ziyaratgaah — Persian word meaning, "sites of Ziyarat"
- Imamzadeh — in Iran, tombs of the "descendants of Shī‘ah Imāms"
- Dargah (Persian: درگاہ; Hindi: दरगाह; literally: "threshold, doorstep ;" the shrine is considered a "doorstep" to a spiritual realm) — in South Asia, and Central Asia tombs of Sufi saints
- Ziyaratkhana — in South Asia (less common)
- Darga or Ziyaret — in Turkey
- Gonbei mdash; in China
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Famous quotes containing the word pilgrimage:
““Come hither, Son,” I heard Death say;
“I did not will a grave
Should end thy pilgrimage today,
But I, too, am a slave!””
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)