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Summary of Question:	Sixty-Eight Sacred Shrines
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Wednesday, 7/24/2002 9:33 AM MDT

My son is reading Japji Shahib and there is ref: to bathing in the sixty-eight sacred shrines. He has asked me which ones are they? I do not have the answer. Can you help me please.

Thanks,

Amarjit

Reply:
During the times of the Gurus there were said to be 68 sacred shrines which, if you visited them, would lead to liberation.
I believe they are all over India and include various Hindu temples and places of pilgrimage such as the Ganga, but I cannot list them all.
GSKK