Chaurasi-Kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama (Including All 600 Sacred Tirthas Within the Holy Dhama) By RAJASEKHARA DASA BRAHMACHARI - The first in-depth and detailed guide to Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama including all 600 sacred tirthas within this holy dhama.
 
Excerpt from Author's Preface: This new edition catalogues every holy tirtha within the 168-mile 'chaurasi-kosa' area of Vraja Mandala and for the first time the inner core region of the dhama containing all the sites of Krishna's pastimes has been accurately mapped. Located near the Vraja Mandala Parikrama route are many isolated holy places that are rarely visited but are important tirthas where Lord Krishna performed His pastimes.
 
Therefore, visiting these holy places is presented in the form of excursions from the main parikrama route. This enables devotees to visit any of the isolated tirthas from any point on the parikrama route that they choose... ... it has always been my endeavor to document the places of Lord Krishna's pastimes based upon the three forms of evidence, or pramana, established by Shrila Rupa Goswami, in his own research and excavation of Vraja Mandala. The first is shastra-pramana - evidence based on the revealed Vedic scriptures.
 
The second is sadhu-pramana - evidence revealed through the writings of Vaishnava saints. The third is loka-pramana - evidence handed down by oral tradition by generations of local Vrajavasis...