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Govardhana Hill Parikrama It is a form of worship to walk around
Govardhana Hill. In the Adi Varaha Purana it is said, “Anyone
who performs Govardhana parikrama will never have to take birth in
this world again.” Besides walking around Govardhana, many devotees perform dandavat parikrama. It is called dandavat, because danda means lying flat on the ground like a stick. The devotees lies flat on the ground and places a rock to mark the spot and then moves forward the same distance of where he placed the rock. He then pays obeisances again and again going around the entire hill. It can take weeks or months to do this type of parikrama. Some devotees offer 108 obeisances in each spot, before moving to the next spot. A sadhu often sleeps in the same place that he ended at for the day. Place
to Stay near Govardhana Hill Practicalities
of Govardhana Parikrama The average person goes around Govardhana Hill in six or seven hours. People can go as fast as four hours, if they walk very fast. It is not unusual for some people to take eight hours or more. If you visit several places while going around Govardhana Hill, it can take more than 12 hours to do parikrama. It would be difficult to visit all the places in this book in one day, even if you went by taxi around Govardhana Hill. It is possible to go around Govardhana Hill by car and it is a pleasant trip. By car it takes about an hour (non-stop). The normal starting and ending place for Govardhana
parikrama is Manasi Ganga, which is in the town of Govardhana. The
town of Govardhana is in the middle of Govardhana Hill. From there you proceed to Radha Kunda, which is at the other end of Govardhana Hill. When you reach Radha Kunda you are about three-fourths of the way around Govardhana. After going around Radha Kunda you then walk to Kusuma Sarovara. You then return to the town of Govardhana and end the parikrama at Manasi Ganga. Parikrama
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