Dip in Spirituality - Govardhan Parikrama*
One fine lazy weekend we were planning on ways to spend an upcoming extended Dusshera weekend (October 13-14-15, 2013) and it was when mom remembered that we were supposed to complete a Govardhan Parikrama – a 14 mile circumambulation tour of a the deity owing to spiritual beliefs. I knew this upcoming weekend would have very long extension to it not only literally but otherwise too! We started the planning for the trip and decided to start on Sunday afternoon and plan to return by Monday night. Out of my inquisitiveness of knowing the significance of the parikrama and curiosity to find ways to circumvent the pain that walk was going to bring on me, I started on researching. A couple of Google search later I was an enlightened and disappointed being. Enlightened by the knowledge of the significance and disappointed by the realization that a 21 km walk was the easiest of the ways around the parvat . Let us begin with the bright side first. As the beliefs go, the region around the Gov...