Dear Shri.V.Subbu48,
In Islam,the only Mosque in Mecca(Saudi Arabia)is considered Sacred and every devout
Muslim likes to vist Mecca during their life time.
In Hinduism,we are told by Scholars that if one cannot visit Sacred places,there will be another temple which is considered as equivalent to the sacred place and it would be enough if one visits that temple.If a person is unable to visit Balaji Temple,Tirupathi,it will be enough if one visits Gunaseelam Temple near Tiruchirapalli,Chinna tirupathi in Eluru,Andhra.In Thiruvanaikoil,within the main temple there is one temple
"SANKARESAN Temple" near the south side entrance..I have never seen people entering into that temple in my childhood.Recently,I saw people entering and worshiping.When I inquired I was told that someone had seen inscriptions in culvert by a Scholar Shri.Appaiah Dixtitar that visiting this
temple is equivalent to visiting KASI.
I have never visited Guruvayur Temple in Kerala.But I could visit replica of the same temple in Mayur Vihar,NewDelhi,Nanganallur,Chennai.Those who cannot visit the original
Mahalakshmi Temple and Pandharpur temple in Maharashtra may get opportunity to visit these temples.I was informed by a knowledgeable person that one way of utilising unaccounted wealth by industrialists is to construct temples in promboke lands/Government lands and maintaining these temples.
