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Jai Sai Ram All,

We would kindly like information on the following, we are looking for advice and

guidance from Devotees who have been to these Holy Places:

We are planning to Start a Pilgrimage in Putthaparthi - Bangalore

During the stay in India, we would like to visit the following Places:

Shirdi - Near Bombay - Maharastra

Tirupathi - South India

5 Lingams that Shakaracharaya distributed from Kashi to:Badrinath - Try to do

the Journey from Haridwar as described in Sathyam Shivam Sundaram - That Swami

undertook with some of His Fortunate Devotees.DwarakaSrinegriPuriChidambadam

Ayodhya - Lord RamaDwaraka - Lord KrishnaMathura - Lord KrishnaGokul - Lord Krishna

Amritsar - The Golden Temple - Punjab - North-West India

Kashmir - Srinagar - Rozabal Shrine - where Baba has confirmed the Body of Lord

Jesus Christ is buried - Reference in Dr Gadhia's Book (Sai Smaran) as well as

the Bhavishya Maha Purana which describes King Shalivahana's meeting with Lord

Jesus.

Rameshwar - where the Lingam that Lord Ram Installed to Worship Lord Shiva is

installed - This is where the bridge to Lanka was constructed

Somnath - Lingams - included below in 12 Lingams of Lord Shiva

Kailash - Himalayas - more information on Himalayas (Base Camp) - Mount Kailash

and Lake Manasa Sarovar.

Patal Buvaneshwar - Cave of Lord Shiva - Himachal Pradesh - Outline of a Tour

including Patal Bhuvaneshwar is given at -

www.asiasafari.com/leisure/kumaon_leisure_tour.html

Nara-Narayana Gufa Ashram - from the book "Sai Baba and the Nara Narayana Gufa

Ashram" - Urvashi Kund - Himalayas

Ganga - Alakananda, Prayag (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and

Saraswati(underground river))7 streams of the Ganga from source - 3 to the

East, 3 to the west and 1 to Sage Bhagirath's Ancestors

The 12 Shiva Jyothlingams -

http://www.members.tripod.com/raviviswomb/jyoti.htm1. Somnath - Gujarat2.

Mallikarjuna - Srisailam - Andhra Pradesh3. Omkareshwar - Madhya Pradesh4.

Mahakaleshwar - Ujjain - Madhya Pradesh5. Baidyanath - Deogarh - near Jasidih -

Bihar6. Bhimasankar - Taluk - Ambegaon District - Pune - State Maharashtra7.

Rameshwar - Rameswaram - Tamil Nadu8. Nageshwar also known as Aundha-Nagnath -

Taluk - Hingoli - District - Parbhani - State - Maharashtra9. Vishweshwar also

known as Kashi Vishwanath - Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh10. Trimbakeshwar -

District - Nashik - State - Maharashtra11. Kedarnath - Uttar Pradesh12.

Grishneshwar - Maharashtra

We appreciate that we may not be able to do all of this in three weeks, but

maybe we can split it up over two or three trips over two to three years (i.e.

going three weeks a year for three years). Thus - You may advise on us doing a

North Indian tour over the first Year and the Central and finally South India.

We are hoping, with Swami's Grace to do a challenging Pilgrimage of Religious

Places in India especially the Himalayas (The Cave of Patal Bhuvaneswar and

Urvasi Kund (Nara-Narayana Gufa Ashram) and Himalayas Base-Camp). However we

would like to start the tour in Banagalore, travel to Putthaparthi first (stay

for a few days at Prashanthi) and then to Shirdi, from Shirdi, travel to the

North. We would like to visit Putthaparthi, Shirdi, Kashi (Varanasi), Kailash

(Himalayas) and Haridwar to Badrinath in the first tour - if it is possible.

We would appreciate it very much if any of You has any idea of the walking and

climbing distances and the level of difficulty as we would like to prepare for

the Journey ahead of time by training appropriately.

Although we are planning to go through a Tour Operator, we would also like

information from Devotees who have experienced the Bliss of visiting these

Amazing Places and perhaps some advice on Tour Operators that Devotees have

used in the past.

We apologise for the length of this e-mail and any inconvenience it may cause.

We look forward to hearing from You and hope that the Information that is

provided will answer the questions that many other Devotees have on visiting

these Divine Places and stir a Deeper yearning within the Hearts of Others to

travel to these Lands of the Gods.

Sai Love to You All

s singh & family