6.19 lacs (almost three quarter millions) tourist finish Girnar Parikrama

01-11-2009
6.19 lacs (almost three quarter millions) tourist finish Girnar Parikrama
Divya Bhaskar
Briefly translated from Gujarati

Girnar Parikrama has lot of religious importance. And now due to improved transportation and a reason of outing no. of pilgrims for Parikrama goes on increasing every year. A survey also stated that about 40% of the tourist were young people having come to enjoy nature and animals (of course- free-charge)

This year many pilgrims started the Parikrama before the scheduled date to avoid rush. Forest department had set-up an couting point at "Nal-pani Ghodi," which recorded 6,19,000 pilgrims this year. While returning heavy tourist traffic was also seen at tourist places of Junagadh like Uparkot, Sakkrbag, Narsinh Mehta No Choro, etc.