Pilgrimage vs Yatra - What's the difference?
pilgrimage | yatra |
A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
(by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
To go on a pilgrimage.
A Hindu pilgrimage.
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*:Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.
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*:By calling this little stroll a yatra''''' I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a '''''yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.
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*:At the inauguration of this temple a yatra for her was performed attracting again a big part of Chatamput's mostly female inhabitants, who all claimed that Kondamakalamma now is the "real" goddess of the village.
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*:I thus wonder whether the yatra' was not primarily "efficient" for the upper middle classes who - physically removed from direct participation - enjoyed the BJP going on a ' yatra , presenting them with ready-made edutainment about nationality, easy to digest, without much physical and mental effort.
As nouns the difference between pilgrimage and yatra
is that pilgrimage is a journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey while yatra is a hindu pilgrimage.As a verb pilgrimage
is to go on a pilgrimage.pilgrimage
English
(wikipedia pilgrimage)Noun
(en noun)- In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.
- Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.