Vrindavan 2016.04.19 (VT): Devotees from the round the country worshiped the holy river of Yamuna on Monday and started the 84 Kos Parikrama (the full circuit) of Braja. Srimad Bhagavata speaker Acharya Raju Bhaiya is conducting the parikrama.
Acharyaji told our correspondent that the dust of Braja, Giri Govardhan and the Yamuna River has been essential elements of Braja’s identity since the time Krishna lived here. These elements remains here from the Dwapar Yuga as the conscious and unconscious reminders of the pastimes of Lord Krishna.
The devotees who are participating in the parikrama also pledged to make Yamuna pure and pollution free. The group’s first activity was to do the “panchkoshi” parikrama of Vrindavan, after which they departed for Mathura. With this, the parikrama season has started. Although there are Parikramas in all months of the year, many are held during the summer months, peaking at around Janmashtami, which this year falls on August 25.
Mridul Kant Shastri, Purushottam Shastri, Vinay Shukla, Shri Ram Shastri, Ram Avtar Agarwal, Sanjay Sharma, Maatu Sharma, Ganga Swaroop Sharma, Mahesh Bhardwaj, Suresh Chandra Sharma, Pooran Kishor Sharma, Vijay Kishor Mishra among others were present on this occasion.
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