Editing Pilgrimage (section)

==Sikhism==
[[File:Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India.jpg|thumb|Sikh pilgrim at the [[Harmandir Sahib|Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple)]] in [[Amritsar]], India.]]

Sikhism does not consider pilgrimage as an act of spiritual merit. Guru Nanak went to places of pilgrimage to reclaim the fallen people, who had turned ritualists. He told them of the need to visit that temple of God, deep in the inner being of themselves. According to him: "He performs a pilgrimage who controls the [[Five Thieves|five vices]]."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/IntroductionToSikhism/page/n57 | title=Introduction to Sikhism: 100 Basic Questions and Answers on Sikh Religion and History | publisher=India Book House | last=Mansukhani | first=Gobind Singh | year=1968 | pages=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fU8BAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT178 | title=Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices of European Sikhs | publisher=A&C Black | last=Myrvold | first=Kristina | year=2012 | pages=178 | isbn=9781441103581}}</ref>

Eventually, however, [[Amritsar]] and [[Harmandir Sahib|Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple)]] became the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh faith, and if a Sikh goes on pilgrimage it is usually to this place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/re/pilgrimage/sikhism.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011123234933/http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/re/pilgrimage/sikhism.htm|archive-date=23 November 2001|title=Sikhism}}</ref>

The [[Panj Takht]] (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਤਖ਼ਤ) are the five revered [[gurdwaras]] in India that are considered the thrones or seats of authority of Sikhism and are traditionally considered a pilgrimage.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=5 February 2014|title=Special train to connect all five Takhats, first run on February 16|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 February 2014 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Special-train-to-connect-all-five-Takhats-first-run-on-February-16/articleshow/29908402.cms}}</ref>