Four of the tradition's most significant pilgrimage cities, each given its own deep profile — presiding deity, history, and how the site fits into the wider map of sacred geography covered in the parent section.
Canonical Definition
A tīrtha ("crossing place") is a site — usually where a river meets the sea, or where a deity is held to have manifested — considered to offer a crossing from the ordinary to the sacred. These four cities are among the tradition's most visited and most theologically significant tīrthas, each anchoring one or more of the classification systems (Char Dhām, Jyotirliṅgas, Mokṣa Purīs) covered on the parent Sacred Geography hub.