spiritual places are always given importance for doing spiritual sadhana or any kind of religious practice. this is because spiritual places are charged places and have vibrations which are very conducive for doing religious practices. these places can be charged because of many reasons and lets find out the reasons behind this.
why spiritual places are charged places for sadhana:
1.ย a great saint or enlightened masterย has lived and meditated there. so the place gets charged with the kind of meditation the saint has done there. that places becomes specially conducive for doing that particular type of sadhana. e.g. ramana maharshi ashram is excellent for doing ‘who am i’ meditation and a buddhist monstary will be good for doing vipasana meditation. thats why in india, we have different spiritual places for doing different type of spiritual practices. a devotional person can go to ramakrishna paramhansa ashram or hare krishna hare rama iscon temple.
2. over a period of time, many sadhaks have meditated there or done other spiritual practices. so the place gets charged with a particular vibrational energy or consciousness and which in turn attracts the similar types of sadhaks. group energy also makes a big difference. when lot of people do a particular sadhana in a place then it start vibrating with that energy. in spirituality 1+1 is not two but 11.
3. some spiritual incident has happened in that place. e.g. in indian sub continent we have 51 shakti peethas temples and 12 jyotirlinga temples. the story behind the creation of these temples is given in the puranas. so these places hold special significance as divine play has happened there in the past.
4. some places in world have special vibrations as earth magnetic lines meet there. most of hindu temples are build on the intersection of earth magnetic lines.
5. there could be inherent quality in the place which supports meditation or other spiritual practices. e.g. peaceful surrounding, lot of greenery, water bodies like lake or river flowing by, surrounded by mountains or there are lot of crystals or presence of magnetic stones under the earth.
6. many yogis prefer to do meditation in himalayas as cold weather is good for meditation. mountains are generally preferred by many sages for doing meditation as they are also inaccessible to general public and provide them with peaceful and silent space.
at the same time, it is very important to preserve the sanctity and energy of these spiritual places and they should not become commercialized as then it attracts greedy people who just wants to make money and their presence starts lowering or corrupting the energy of the charged spiritual place.
only sincere sadhaks should be allowed in these sacred places and thats why many times, these places are kept hidden from the knowledge of general public.