Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Beautiful Holy Cities for Lesser Known Religions in The World | Trifter

Beautiful Holy Cities for Lesser Known Religions in The World | Trifter

Here is a list of Holy Cities for lesser known or not so popular religions or religious sects in the world as viewed by their devotees and followers.

Some lesser known religions or sects have their own sacred cities too like Mouridism in Africa, Tenrikyo in Japan, Sikhism of India, Church of Scientology and Community of Church in the United States.

Touba City, Senegal – Sacred City for Mouridism


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Touba City is the holy city for Mouridsm, a large Islamic Sufi order. The city is also the burial place of Mouridism founder – Shaik Aamadu Bamba Mbakke. The name of city means “Felicity” and the followers are called Mourides which means “one who desire”.

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