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fail to give importance to the devotees are third class. They are  kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs  in the lower stage of spiritual life. As it is said in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.2.47):
arcāyām eva haraye pūjām yaḥ śraddhayehate na tad-bhakteṣu cānyeṣu sa bhaktaḥ prākṛtaḥ smṛtaḥ
“A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple but does not know how to behave toward devotees or people in general is called a  prākṛta-bhakta , or  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī .” Therefore, in the temple there must be the Deity of the Lord, and the Lord should be worshiped by the devotees. This combination of the devotees and the Deity creates a first-class transcendental place.
Aside from this, if a  gṛhastha  devotee worships the  śālagrāma-śilā , or the form of the Deity at home, his home also becomes a very great place. It was therefore customary for members of the three higher classes—namely the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas —to worship the  śālagrāma-śilā , or a small Deity of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa or Sītā-Rāma in each and every home. This made everything auspicious. But now they have given up the Deity worship. Men have become modernized and are consequently indulging in all sorts of sinful activities, and therefore they are extremely unhappy.
According to Vedic civilization, therefore, the holy places of pilgrimage are considered most sacred, and still there are hundreds and thousands of holy places like Jagannātha Purī, Vṛndāvana, Hardwar, Rāmeśvara, Prayāga and Mathurā. India is the place for worshiping or for cultivating spiritual life. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement invites everyone from all over the world, without discrimination as to caste or creed, to come to its centers and cultivate spiritual life perfectly.
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सरसि पुष्करादीनि क्षेत्राण्यर्हाश्रितान्युत ।
कुरुक्षेत्रं गयशिरः प्रयागः पुलहाश्रमः ॥३०॥