Gujarat, a magnet for immigrants, colonial powers and trade, has always been an important centre for people of different religions. Over the centuries, Hindu and Jain temples, Buddhist caves, churches, mosques and dargahs, Fire temples and other religious monuments emerged all over Gujarat.The temples of Somnath, Dwarka, Ambaji, Dakore and Narayan Sarovar are among the most visited Hindu temples in the country.. For jains, the sacred summits of Palitana and Girnar in Saurashtra are among their five important hill temple pilgrimages, and can be combined with scores of historic Jain temples in Gujarat. The sacred fire of Zaorashtra is still ablaze at Udwada, Surat and Navsari.

The Swaminarayan movement saw an upsurge in the 18th century and the temples of the Tejendra Prasad Swamy and Aksharpurshottam Swamy faiths, the oldest being at Kalupur in Ahmedabad founded by lord Swaminarayan himself, and one of the most modern being the Akshardham at Gandhinagar with state of the art exhibition galleries.

Besides these circuits there are individual sites associated with different religions. The Dargahs of Mira Datar, Sarkhej and Shah Alam are the site for Muslim pilgrim fairs. Guru Nanak is belived to have left for his pilgrimage from the shores of Kutch. Sindhis gather for religious festivities at Gandhidham. Daily pilgrims tread the trail from Bhavnagar to Khodiyar on foot. The Jalaram temple at Virpur on the Gondal-Porbandar highway is another important pilgrimage.