rajkot as many as one lakh devotees from across the state have started the annual lili parikrama around mount girnar the fiveday lili parikrama will be officially flagged off on monday but early birds have already set afoot on the 36km route around the girnar according to sources around eight lakh devotees take part every year in the parikrama junagadh district administration and forest department have made elaborate arrangements for security and law and order for the event voluntary organizations have started free food for devotees minister of state for forests and environment govind patel on sunday urged people not to keep the route clean and not to dump plastic in the jungle devotees will also be given a cloth bags to put their polythene bags various drinking water points have been made throughout the route and forest department started a control room and helpline to help pilgrims if they encounter any wild animals we are also monitoring lions movement closely on the route said a senior forest department official