Shri Girirajji

Golokdham is Lord Krushna’s Nijdham (personal location).
Lord with all His created world resides always in this Golokdham
in bliss. Also Shri Yamunaji also resides in Golokdham.

Different types of kunj and nikunj (garden) are also present. In
the form of a mountain is also present Jeweled Shri Girirajji
which is also known as mount Goverdhan.There are many caves,
trees and branches present on Shri Girirajji.

During Saraswat Kalp, when Lord decided to appear on earth,
He ordered that all His lilasrushti (personal world to appear on earth too. Therefore, Shri Yamunaji appeared first on earth, followed by Shri Girirajji and different kinds of lila places appeared too.

The story behind appearance of Shri Girirajji in Vraj is as follows:

Once upon a time there was a Rishi named Pulsatya and while he was on pilgrimage he arrived at Shalmali Dweep. He asked Mountain Drona to grant his son Mountain Goverdhan. He wanted to place mount Goverdhan in Kashi near Ganga river. Fearing from Rishi’s curse mount Drona allowed mount Goverdhan to go with Rishi but mount Goverdhan had placed one condition to Rishi that “if he places Him Once on earth then he will not get up from that place”.

Shri Girirajji is located in Jatipura 21 kilometers (13miles)
from Mathura. At the other side is another village called
Anyor where Shri Mahaprabhuji’s Baithak is present in
Sadu Pande’s house. Lord Shrinathji’s appeared from one
of the caves of Shri Girirajji and exactly on the top of the
mountain Lord Shrinathji’s ancient temple is present.

During Lord Krushna avtaar, Lord Krushna advised Vraj
people to worship Shri Girirajji instead of demi-god Indra
and offer Annakut to Shri Girirajji. Lord Krushna Himself
in the form of Shri Girirajji accepted Annakut offered by Vraj people. Indra became very angry on Vraj people as they stopped worshipping him and he tormented vraj people with heavy rain. All vraj
people took refuge in Shri Thakorji and Lord lifted the mountain on his little finger and that’s why Shri Thakorji is also called as “Shri Girirajdhari”. Shri Girirajji is form of Shri Thakorji and also a form of a devotee. Therefore, in Pushtimarga we also perform seva of Shri Girirajji. This is a main reason even today devotees offer milk to Shri Girirajji mukharvind (see picture). Shri Girirajji fulfills the desires of His devotees.

There is a lot of importance of doing Shri Girirajji’s Parikrama (round about). Doing aParikrama of Shri Girirajji keeps a devotee away from evil and grants desirable fruit. Everyyear thousands of devotees do Shri Girirajji’s Parikrama. Many devotees had spiritualexperience while doing Parikrama. Everyone should atleast go once in their lifetime to dodarshan and parikrama of Shri Girirajji.