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Vrindavan Dham Parikrama is a customary practice for devotees and pilgrims visiting Vrindavan to walk around the town along the parikrama path. The distance of the parikrama is around 10 kilometers and great religious importance is attached to undertaking this on Ekadasi day (the eleventh day of the waxing-waning moon). By walking barefoot along the parikrama path, which takes about two to three hours, it is believed that one receives blessings from the sanctity of the locations. Parikrama, in Sanskrit, means ‘the path surrounding something. As the meaning suggests, it is a circular path taken around a deity, an idol, a temple, or a sacred hill. Circumambulation is the English term that refers to Parikrama and Pradakshina (meaning ‘to the right) both of which are referred to in a religious context. It is an integral part of Hindu worship and a symbol of devotion and prayer. A Parikrama or Pradakshina is only done in a clockwise fashion, from left to right, very rarely otherwise. Most temple idols and de
