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1. This site in Sri Lanka is sacred to Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, as well as the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. On the mountain is a giant footprint believed to be that of Shiva, Buddha, Saint Thomas or Adam, and many pilgrims climb to the top. Which Sri Lankan mountain is it?
2. Muslims are encouraged to visit this site at least once in their lifetime during a pilgrimage known as "Hajj". At this site pilgrims walk around a large black cube, The Ka'bah. This was the first site of human worship built by Adam, then rebuilt by Abraham and Isma'il. In which city is The Ka'bah?
3. An English Christian Pilgrimage was described in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Many people still make the pilgrimage to Canterbury. Whose tomb are they going to visit?
4. Sikhs, who follow a reformed religion that unites Hindu and Muslim beliefs, have visited the Golden Temple, on the edge of a healing pool, for over 420 years. In which city in India is it located?
5. Rivers are sacred in many cultures; the flow of water brings healing and strength to many people. In India, many Hindus go to a riverbank in Benares (Varanasi) to get married, to bathe, or to cremate their dead. What major sacred river do pilgrims visit in Benares?
6. Buddhists, Hindus, Jain and Bon-po believers all make a pilgrimage to a holy mountain in Tibet. Unlike most other mountain pilgrimages, however, these pilgrims do not climb to the top, but circle around the mountain. Which Himalayan mountain is this?
7. This city in Morocco was founded by Idris ibn Abdallah (Moulay Idris I), the great-grandson of the prophet Mohammed when he fled Baghdad in 788 AD. Which city in Morocco has been the pilgrimage site for Muslims who wish to visit the mausoleum of Idris I?
8. There are many sacred temples and mountains in Japan which can be visited in turn during a pilgrimage known as a "junpai". One junpai route contains 88 sacred temples in a Shinto and Buddhist pilgrimage route that has existed for centuries and circumnavigates this island. On which Japanese island is this sacred pilgrimage route?
9. This ancient pilgrimage site was built by the Khmer people between 879 and 1191 AD, and after the demise of the Khmer empire was abandoned in 1342, and seemed to be remembered only as a legend. The French explorer Henri Mouhot rediscovered the remains of this complex in the 1860s, and since then it has been a site that has enchanted many visitors to Cambodia. What is the name of this temple complex?
10. Lastly, an American pilgrimage site. This is the most visited pilgrimage site in the Western Hemisphere; a church built on the hill of Tepeyac, where an Aztec Christian peasant saw a vision of the Virgin Mary who asked him, in his own language, to build a church on the site. By what name is this vision known?
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