7 Cave for Spiritual Journey

Online, August 30, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Many reasons people go to traveling. Some people travel with the reasons for wanting to see places they've never seen before,having fun,spend time with her/his family. Some tourists go away to different countries to undertake a spiritual journey, to find peace, or closeness with the Creator/ God.

Here are some caves that are often used as a tourist destination for lovers of spirituality, as quoted from JourneyEtc:

1. Longmen Caves, China

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China, a country that has a history dating back more than 5,000 years ago, although the country has now entered the modern era with the advance of the global economy. However, there are still many places in China are antique and store its own spirituality.

One is the Longmen Caves. This cave has amazing sculptures and antique architecture believed to have been there hundreds of years before the existence of civilization on the mainland. Longmen Caves is actually a series of small caves housed in a single complex on the hillside Xiangshan and Longmen Shan.

The cave is also called "dragon gate". In total there are 2345 caves and niches here, plus 43 beautiful pagodas in the vicinity, as well as approximately 2800 inscription. This cave is a cave sacred by Buddhists in China.

2. St. Paul's Grotto, Malta

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This cave is a cave in the hillside Bulbuldag, Ephesus, Malta. This cave has a lot of antique documents the development of Christianity.

This cave every year attracts millions of tourists to come and visit, even though tourists are not allowed to enter. In Malta, St. Paul's Grotto is home to St. Paul, a prisoner the Romans in the year 60 AD.

St Paul served the residents of Malta because during his stay here he cured many people of diseases that are severe enough to miracles. Thus, he was considered a god by the locals, as well as other churches were often the cave to pray on behalf of the St. Paul.

3. Minoan Cave, Crete, Greece

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Greece is undoubtedly a strong believer in spiritual matters as well as the gods. In Crete alone there are about 3,000 caves are open common for tourists, which is dedicated to the gods of ancient Greek mythology.

One of the famous caves are caves Minoan, which is a representation of the tribe Minoan goddess worshiped them in 2600 to 1100 BC.

The more popular with visitors actually are Dikteon Cave, which is not far from Munoan. For visitors who are familiar with the hollywood movie based on Greek mythology such as Troy and Hercules Cave Dikteon mandatory visit, which according to legend is where Zeus was born Rhea.

4. Cave Temple of Dambulla, Sri Lanka

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The cave is located in Sri Lanka consisted of statues of Buddha in the area of 1950 square meters. Temple made 20 centuries ago and has five rooms of worship. In addition to having statues Buddha, this temple also has a statue of the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and Lord Vishnu.

For the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, Dambulla Cave is a cave that is sacred and every year hundreds of pilgrims also visited tourists. It has even been going on for more than 22 centuries.

In the cave there are five Buddhist temples. This cave was probably built in the year 1 BC. The sculptures in this cave is very beautiful because it is decorated by a sparkling gold.

5. Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize

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Belize may be famous for its beaches, but the island also has sipiritual tourist destinations, namely Actun Tunichil Muknal. This place was used by the Maya to make sacrifices to their gods.

Cave Actun Tunichil Muknal lies hidden deep in the Tapir National Nature Reserve, near the beautiful mountain town of San Ignacio. The caves were inhabited by thousands of bats is also known as a stone burial cave, which is also a Mayan sacrifice himself.

Here can be found the bones of a teenage girl who died Mayans thousands of years ago, but changed his bones and did not crystallize like bones in general.

Entering these caves must pass through beautiful forest path, then swim down the entrance to the cave is located in the basement. This cave is believed by the Mayans as the gateway to the 'underworld'. The appeal of this famous cave is still complete skeleton belonged to a woman called "The Crystal Maiden".

6. Sof Omar Cave, Ethiopia

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Sof Omar Cave is not only a sacred destination in Ethiopia, but the caves are made of limestone is also a natural wonder.

With a length of 15.1 kilometers, the Sof Omar Cave is the longest cave in Ethiopia. In addition, this cave also has the longest halls in Africa and became the world's longest cave ke306.

Sof Omar cave located east of the City of Robe. This cave is known to have many pillars, which earned him the nickname "Space Pillars".

Local legend says that the entrance of the cave was discovered by a Muslim named Sheikh Sof Omar in the 12th century. Sheikh Omar then makes this cave as a mosque for worship place and his people.

7. Grotte de Font de Gaume, France

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Cave of Font-de-Gaume is a cave in southwest France. This cave contains paintings and sculptures that tell the prehistoric period.

Historians believe that the cave was built 15,000 years ago. The uniqueness of this cave is on a chalk painting on the wall paintings of animals such as horses , a herd of bison and mammoth collection of colorful. No one knows for sure the meaning of this painting, but some archaeologists believe the painting depicts a hunting activity.

To date, approximately 230 paintings and sculptures have been found on the walls of caves. Chance of historians and archaeologists, many more ancient paintings in this cave that has not been found.