Pilgrimage Routes

Girnar Parikrama

Also Known As Lili Parikrama

Jainism Routes

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Girnar Parikrama." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/pilgrimage-routes/girnar-parikrama.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Girnar Parikrama. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/pilgrimage-routes/girnar-parikrama

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-girnar-parikrama,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Girnar Parikrama},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/pilgrimage-routes/girnar-parikrama},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Girnar Parikrama (also called the Lili Parikrama) is the annual circumambulation of Mount Girnar in Gujarat, held over five days each November and traditionally understood by Jains as the site where the twenty second Tirthankara Neminatha attained nirvana after renouncing his own wedding on hearing the cries of animals destined for slaughter. Girnar has been a place of pilgrimage since before 250 BCE, and its temple complex, reached by nearly four thousand steps, is distinct from and complements the direct ascent pilgrims make to worship at the summit shrines.

Facts

Attributions

Associated Religion

Jainism 1

Tradition

Jain 1

Site

Pilgrimage

Major pilgrimage destination today 1

Status

Status Today

Living tradition, practised today 1

Practice

Frequency

Annual 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Neminatha

This source names Neminatha directly: "where the twenty second Tirthankara Neminatha attained nirvana after renouncing his own wedding on hearing the cries of animals destined for slaughter."

Source The JainsPaul Dundas