MATA VAISHNODEVI JI and SRI AMARNATH JI THEIR INTANGIBLE VALUES Chauddhary POONAM*, Inde / India
Sub-theme A : Intangible Dimension – Concepts, Identification and Assessment Sous-thème A : La dimension, les concepts, l’identification et l’évaluation ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Section A3: Heritage places and living traditions Session A3 : Lieux patrimoniaux et traditions vivantes ________________________________________________________________________________________________ MATA VAISHNODEVI JI AND SRI AMARNATH JI THEIR INTANGIBLE VALUES Chauddhary POONAM*, Inde / India India has since ancient times been a home of various In pursuance of his belief in performing pilgrimage a religious beliefs, be it Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Hindu will often travel hundreds of miles on foot to make Islam, etc. and each of these in turn has, over the or renew vows, to offer penance for altered fortunes, or centuries, contributed to enriching the cultural, tangible simply as an act of devotion to the holy shrines. and intangible heritage of India. Their contribution in enriching the tangible heritage has been in the form of After the great TIRTHS, two other holy spots on which temples/ holy shrines (belonging to various religious sect), the Hindus have unflinching faith and which they visit studded through out the length and breadth of the country. again and again, in spite of their location on the difficult A large majority of these are, however, Hindu Temples mountainous terrains of the Himalayas, are the shrines of (which is the religion followed by the Hindus of India who Mata Vaishno Devi Ji and Shri Amarnath Ji. also form a vast majority of the people of India). The temples in India act as the connecting points in bringing The shrine of Mata VaishnoDevi Ji is a manifestation of together the people of the country, differing in culture the Mother Goddess and it lies nestled in a natural cave and customs, on the same platform1.
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