Umra refers to other pilgrimages to Mecca, which can take place any time of the year.
Whereas he had initially discouraged pilgrimages to Thomas’s tomb, from 1174 on he led the devotion.
Then, like penitent medieval monarchs, they depart on pilgrimages to "listen" to the voters and "unite" their followers.
They made pilgrimages to special “dream temples, ” where, after offeringsacrifices and bathing in sacred waters, a healing deity would appearto them in sleep, curing whatever troubled them.
The transmission of N. meningitidis is facilitated by overcrowded housing at family level and by large population displacements due to pilgrimages and traditional markets at regional level.
Fahien and Xuan Zang, two eminent monks in Chinese history, went on pilgrimages to India for Buddhist scriptures, while Kumarajiva and Bodhidharma travelled east to disseminate Buddhism.
