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daily program. These additional routes cover other and sometimes remote parts of an area that is considered to be part of the Shatrunjaya mountain range. While the normal pilgrimage has an average length of about three hours to four hours, the longer routes may take up to eight hours to complete." Whereas two of the alternative routes, the so-called Ghetipag tour40 and the dodh gaul tour, are short and are therefore performed daily or at least regularly, the other four extend the main route considerably. The first prolonged route includes the attendance of all the 12 main temple compounds (tunk) of both the summits of Shatrunjaya and is known as nav tunk." While most of the pilgrims focus on the Dada Adishvar Tunk on the south-eastern summit and usually ignore the north-western summit opposite of the main temple, every navanu pilgrim has to attend all the 12 temple complexes of Shatrunjaya in one pilgrimage for at least nine times, thereby performing caityavandan in each of the main temples. The three other routes are usually performed only once during navanu. The so-called tran gau route, which literally means "three gau”, adds about seven and a half km to the main route before reaching the top of Shatrunjaya. It starts at the reservoir of the Shatrunji river close to the hamlet Rohilshala, where the pilgrims have to take a ritual bath with water from the river (not in the river, but taking water from it in a bucket and having a bath in a tent). Afterwards liturgical worship is performed in front of the footprints of Adinath in the nearby hamlet of Dungapur. Though the tran gau route is otherwise uneventful in terms of ritual actions the climbing of the eastern slopes of the hill on an unsecured, stony and thorny path is a challenge even to the navanu pilgrim, who at the time of conducting this particular pilgrimage is usually accustomed to walking barefoot. What about the girls of my case study? They were meanwhile well trained and took the troubles of tran gau with equanimity, neither complaining about
39 The detailed description of all routes is included in Luithle-Hardenberg (in print) and could, of course, cover another article. 40 The first of the shorter routes leads to the small hamlet Ghetipag at the northern foot of the mountain and is usually performed by navanu pilgrims at least once a day. After the first performance of all five obligatory rituals, they climb down to the hamlet Ghetipag, where the footprints of Adinath are worshipped in a small shrine. Going back to the top of Shatrunjaya from this site is considered a shortcut but is still assessed as the second climbing of the day. 41 The so-called dodh gau route, that is one and a half gau", covers about 3,5 km and forms a small circumambulation of the main temple complex on a path a little below the summit, connecting the main route with the Ghetipag-route as a seni circle. 42 The route is called nav tunk-route, ,,nine temple compounds", referring to the traditional number of complexes. (For details see Luithlc-Hardenberg (in print)). However, to be precise, the complex of Dada Adishvar (1), as well as Kesavji Nayak Tunk (2) and Nava Adishvar Tunk (3) are situated at the southeastern summit. The northwestern summit is covered by the Kesavji Nayak Tunk (4), the Caumukhji or Sava Soma Tunk (5), the Chipa Vasi Tunk (6), the Sakar Vasi Tunk (7), the Ujambai (Ujamphai) Tunk (8), the Hemabhai Tunk (9) and the Premchand Modi Tunk (10). Moreover, the navanu pilgrims also have to attend the Motisha Tunk (11) and the Balabhai Tunk (12), which are located in a small valley in between the two summits.
