Shri Giriraj Parikrama

Shri Krishna was the first to do the poojan and parikrama of Shri Girirajji.Shri Mahprabhuji & Shri Gusainji had done the same by offering milk to Shri Girirajji as part of his poojan.The vaishnavas also follow the same procedure to this day and do the parikrama (circumnavigate) of Shri Girirajji.The parikrama can be done in 3 ways :

1. On foot : The vaishnavas do the parkrama barefoot, singing kirtans and reciting the Ashtakshar mantra.
2. Doodh dhara : In this type also the vaishanvas walk barefoot but they carry a small pot which is filled with milk.A very small hole is done at the base of this pot so that a stream of milk is continuously falling while the parikrama is being done.
3. Dandvati : This parikrama is not done on foot but it is done by doing sashtang dandvat (prostrate) along the whole path of the parkirama.This hard parikrama is completed in 10-15 days time.

Three different routes of the Giriraj Parikrama
        The path of the giriraj parikrama can be varied according to ones strength.It has three  different routes.The more the distance the more are the spots of Shri Krishna's leelas are seen.The different routes are as follows:

1. Saat-kosi Parikrama(generally prefferred route) : The distance is seven kos (21 kms).The route of this parikrama is from Mukharvind (Jatipura) - Govardhan village - Mansi Ganga - Udhav kund - Radha kund - Anyuar village - Govind kund - Poochri village - Surabhi kund - back to Mukharvind.  
2. Panch-kosi Parikrama
   : The distance is five kos (15kms).This route goes straight from Govardhan village to Anyuar village, skipping Radha kund on the way.
    
3. Nav-kosi Parikrama :The distance is nine kos (27 kms).In this route Chandra sarovar is added to the route after Govardhan village is crossed.