Pilgrimage is a religious, spiritual and mystical issue and it consists of meeting people and
visiting places that are respected and honored as well as considered superior and of extraordinary
nature by pilgrims. The purpose...

This paper explores pilgrimage in the context of historic holy cities which contain at least one religious complex through which the ritual of pilgrimage takes place. One controversial tension in urban development process of holy cities...

. Nevertheless,

researchers have more tended to focus on religious side rather than cultural, historical, and other

aspects of religion .Pilgrims come from all religions. Morinis has defined pilgrimage as "a travel to, and communion with, a specific...

This paper explores pilgrimage in the context of historic holy cities which contain at least one religious complex through which the ritual of pilgrimage takes place. One controversial tension in urban development process of holy cities...

The present research proposal aims to suggest and explore the possible function of the

Iranian state television in providing a new meaning to the pilgrimage phenomenon of "Arba'een

March". Arba'een March starts a few days before the 20...