Pokémon Go is taking Indian players on a pilgrimage

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Pokémon Go is taking Indian players on a pilgrimage
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Pokémon Go might **t be officially available in India, but that hasn't deterred hundreds of fans from travelling around their cities to visit Poke Stops on their Android smartphones with side-loaded APK of the game.

SEE ALSO: 10 very inappropriate locations for Poke Stops in Pokémon Go (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-weird-poke-stops/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)


So far fans Pokémon Go fans all over the world have travelled to some pretty weird places to catch Pokémon, including cemeteries (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-weird-poke-stops/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), baseball stadiums, a war zone (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-weird-caught-funny/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and an adult shop (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-go-***-shop-plymouth-uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*

In contrast, Indian*Redditors have been talking about how most*Poke Stops are places of worship, including local*churches, temples and mosques. One Reddit user (https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4sbq6f/playing_pok%C3%A9mon_go_in_india_is_almost_a_pilgr image/) even likened to it going to a pilgrimage. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-go-india-pokestops/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


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