The parikrama route described in this book is based on the parikrama undertaken by Raghava Pandita, Shrinivasa Acharya and Narottama Dasa Thakura, as mentioned in the Bhakti ratnakara. The particular parikrama detailed in this book is now called the ‘Chaurasi-tirtha Parikrama’ as it specifically visits the eighty-four (chaurasi) most important holy places (tirthas) within Vraja Mandala. (This is the same ‘Chaurasi-tirtha Parikrama’ route is being followed by ISKCON’S Vraja Mandala Parikrama). Besides these eighty-four prominent holy places, this book also describes many hundreds of other holy places that can be visited while following the main Chaurasi–tirtha-Parikrama route. Thus every holy place within Vraja Mandala that has been mentioned in books like: Bhakti-ratnakara, Vraja-bhakti-vilasa, Adi-Varaha Purana, and Chaitanya-charitamrita, are included in this edition.
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