Holy Places to Visit in Mathura Vrindavan

Vrindavan is a village in the Mathura region which is associated with Lord Krishna's Leela. This place is considered to be the place of the child pastimes of Lord Krishna. It is 15 km from Mathura. There are a large number of temples of Shri Krishna and Radha Rani here. The temple of Banke Vihari Ji and Radhavallabh Lal Ji's temple located here are ancient. Apart from this, Shri Radharaman, Shri Radha Damodar, Radha Shyam Sundar, Gopinath, Gokulesh, Shri Krishna Balaram Temple, Shri Garuda Govind Temple [Ancient Govind Dev Ji], Pagalaba Temple, Ranganath Ji Temple, Prem Mandir, Shri Krishna Pranami Temple , Akshaya Patra, Nidhi Forest etc. are visible places.

This is Krishna's Lilasthali. The glory of Vrindavan is described in Harivansh Purana, Srimad Bhagavat, Vishnu Purana etc. Kalidasa mentions it in the context of Indumati-Swayamvara in Raghuvansh, while introducing Shursenadhipati Sushen, which gives a sense of the state of the beautiful gardens of Vrindavan during Kalidasa's time. According to Srimad Bhagwat, Nandji came to Vrindavan residence along with the Kutumbis and compatriots to escape the tyranny of Kansa from Gokul. This incident is mentioned in the Vishnu Purana. There is also a description of Krishna's pastimes in Vrindavan elsewhere in the Vishnupurana.

It is said that the present Vrindavan is not real or ancient Vrindavan. From the description and other references of Srimad Bhagwat, it is known that the ancient Vrindavan was near Govardhan. The site of the famous story of Govardhan-Dharan was near Vrindavan Parsauli (Param Rasasthali). Ashta Chhap poet Mahakavi Surdas lived in this village for a long time. Surdas ji has sung under the glory of Vrindavan Raja - I am not Brindavan Renu.

As soon as the name of Vrindavan comes, the mind gets pulsed. A pleasing statue of Yogeshwar Shri Krishna comes in front of the eyes. It is only by the imagination of his divine supernatural pastimes that the mind turns to devotion and devotion. Vrindavan is called the heart of Braj where Shri Radhakrishna has performed his divine pastures. This holy land has been called the best and the most secret part of the earth. In the Padma Purana, it has been described as the body of God, the place of contact with the full Brahman and the shelter of happiness. For this reason, it has remained the center of reverence of devotees since time immemorial. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Swami Haridas, Sri Hitharivamsa, Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya, etc. Many Goswami devotees have spent their life decorating its splendor and presenting the world as immortal property. Here the wonderful couple of beautiful Shrikrishna and Shriradha's amazing daily vihala takes place.

In the 15th century, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu identified Vrindavan and other places related to Krishna Katha through his intuition during his Brajyatra. Rasasthali, Vrindavan with desiccation was lost in dense forests. After a few years, with the help of Chandilya and Bhaguri Rishi etc., Shri Vajranabh Maharaj set up Shrimandir, Sarovar, Kunda etc. and lighted the places of worship. But after almost four and a half thousand years all these Leela-Sthalas were lost again, Mahaprabhu Chaitanya and Shri Roopa-Sanatan etc. republished the Leela-Sthalas of Srivrindavan and Brajmandal through their revolutions. After Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, with the specific command of him, Shri Lokanatha and Shri Bhugarbh Goswami, Shri Sanatan Goswami, Shri Roop Goswami, Shri Gopalbhatt Goswami, Shri Raghunath Bhatt Goswami, Shri Raghunathdas Goswami, Shri Jeeva Goswami etc. with the help of various scriptures. , By his tireless diligence has published the Leela-Stites of Braj. 

For this great work, the whole world, especially the Vaishnav world will be his long standing. The oldest temple in present-day Vrindavan is built by King Mansingh. It was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Originally, this temple was of seven floors. The above two sections were broken by Aurangzeb. It is said that the lamps burning on the highest peak of this temple were visible from Mathura. The largest temple here is famous by the name of Rangji. It is made in the Dakshinatya style. Its gopura is very big and grand. This temple looks like a replica of the temple of Srirangam in South India. Places of interest in Vrindavan - Nidhivan (Kunj, residence of Haridas), Kaliyadah, Seva Kunj etc.

There is hundreds of temples in Vrindavan located in the center of Braj. Many of which are also historical heritage. There are hundreds of ashrams and many gaushalas here. Vrindavan is famous worldwide for the religious activities of Gaudiya Vaishnavs, Vaishnavites and Hindus. Tourists and pilgrims from the country come here. The names of Surdas, Swami Haridas, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are forever associated with Vrindavan.

There are many ghats on the banks of Sriyamuna in Vrindavan. Among them, the famous Ghats are being mentioned-

SRIVARAGHAT

Srivaraghat is situated on the banks of ancient Yamunaji in the south-west direction of Vrindavan. Srivarahadeva is also situated above the coast. Nearby is the ashram of Sree Gautam Muni.

KALIYADAMANGHAT

Its name is Kalyadah. It is located on the banks of the ancient Yamuna, about half a mile north of Varahghat. It has been mentioned earlier regarding the context here. Kaliya suppressed and reached the coast, but Brajraj Nanda and Brajeshwari Shri Yashoda got Shri Krishna from their ashes and started seeing in their whole parts that 'My Lala has not been hurt anywhere.' Maharaja Nanda donated many cows to the Brahmins here, with the wishes of Krishna.

SURYAGHAT

It is also named Adityaghat. This ghat is situated to the north of Gopalghat. The mound above the ghat is called Aditya mound. Above this mound is the temple of Sri Madan Mohan Ji, the deity of Srisanatan Goswami. We have already described about it. There is also a Praskandan Tirtha here.

YUGALGHAT

Yugalghat is situated to the north of Surya Ghat. Above this ghat, the ancient temple of Sri Yugalbihari is lying in a state without a peak. There is another Jugal Kishore temple near Keshi Ghat. He is also lying in a peakless state.

SRIBIHARGHAT

Sribiharghat is located to the north of Yugalghat. At this ghat, Sriradhakrishna couple used to bathe, water sports etc.

SRIHANDHERGHAT

This ghat is situated to the north of Yugalghat. In the groves of this ghat, Krishna and the gopis used to worship the Anmudowal. That is, when the gopis covered their eyes with their karpallavas, Shri Krishna would hide somewhere nearby and the gopis used to find them. Sometimes Shrikishori ji would hide like this and everyone used to find him.

IMLIGHAT

Imlighat is situated to the north of Andhraghat. Here, under the contemporary tamarind tree of Sri Krishna, Mahaprabhu Srichaitanya Dev used to do haramana in his Vrindavan habitat. Therefore, it is also called Gaurangghat.

SHRINGARGHAT

Shringarghat is situated on the Yamuna coast some east of the Imlitla Ghat. Sitting here, Shri Krishna made Manini Sriradhika adorn. During the visit to Vrindavan, Shrinityananda Prabhu had taken a bath in this ghat and resided on the gorge atop this ghat for a few days.

SRIGOVINDAGHA

TThis ghat is situated in the north near Shringarghat. Shri Krishna was revealed again in front of the gopis when he was in transgression from Sri Sarsamandal.

CHIR GHAT

Shri Krishna of Kautu, taking bath, took the clothes of the Gopikumaris and climbed the Kadamb tree here. Rip refers to clothing. Near by Krishna, after killing the Keshi monster, he sat here and rested. Therefore this Ghatka is also called another name Chayan . The broom is visible near this place.

SRIBHRAMGHAT

This ghat is situated to the north of Chirghat. When the teenagers used to play here, at that time, the parts of both of them started humming wildly with Saurabh. The name of this ghat is Bhramraghat due to illusions.

SRIKESHIGHAT

This famous ghat is situated in the north-west direction of Srivrindavan and north of Bhramghat.

DHEERSAMIGHAT

Shreechir Ghat is in the north direction of Vrindavan, from Keshighat in the east, Dheersamighat is nearby. Seeing the Vihara of Sriradhakrishna couple, Sameer too became flowery and flowed slowly for his service.

SRIRADHABHAGHAT

This ghat is situated to the east of Vrindavan.

SRIPANIAGHAT

The gopis crossed the Yamuna on foot from Sripaniaghat - the same ghat and served a delicious food to Maharishi Durvasa.

ADIBADRIGHAT

This ghat is situated some south of Panighat. Here Sri Krishna made the gopis see Adibadri Narayan.

SRIRAJGHAT

Rajghat is on the banks of ancient Yamuna in the south of Adi-Badrighat and in the south-east direction of Vrindavan. Here Krishna became a sailor and used to cross the Yamuna to Sri Radhika with her friends. In the midst of the Yamuna, when Kautuki Krishna began to delay by making various excuses, at that time, the gopis showed fear of Maharaja Kamsa and asked them to cross the Yamuna soon. Hence, its name is Rajghat.