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a person who travels to foreign lands
A wandering pilgrim, he made his way across Europe before eventually settling in Madrid.
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What To Know Hindu pilgrims gather at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, seeking liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers that dates to at least medieval times.
—Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The Vatican anticipates over 32 million pilgrims to travel during the Jubilee year, according to the U.S. Embassy in Italy.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
By 945, the Benedictine sanctuary, St. Cecilia at Montserrat, had been built, attracting Christian pilgrims by the thousands to its isolated perch 4,000 feet above a Catalan valley.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers that dates to at least medieval times.
—Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The Vatican anticipates over 32 million pilgrims to travel during the Jubilee year, according to the U.S. Embassy in Italy.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
By 945, the Benedictine sanctuary, St. Cecilia at Montserrat, had been built, attracting Christian pilgrims by the thousands to its isolated perch 4,000 feet above a Catalan valley.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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