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Yashoda Kund, Nandgaon: Mother Yashoda's Sacred Pond, Its Legends and How to Reach
Yashoda Kund is a sacred historic pond in Nandgaon, just south of Nand Bhavan (Nanda Bhavan), associated with Krishna's childhood. Mother Yashoda came here each morning to bathe, often bringing baby Krishna and Balarama to play in the water. On its bank stands a Narsimhadev temple where she prayed for Krishna's safety and on the western side lie the ancient Hau-Bilau (hobgoblin) statues she is sai...
Kansa Vadh and Rangbhoomi, Mathura: The Arena Where Krishna Slew the Tyrant, Its Story and How to Reach
Rangbhoomi, also called the Kansa Vadh Sthal or Kans Tila, is the open-air site in Mathura revered as the ancient wrestling arena where Lord Krishna killed his tyrant uncle, King Kansa. It stands opposite the Main Post Office, near the Rangeshwar Mahadev temple, close to the Krishna Janmabhoomi complex and Vishram Ghat. By the Srimad Bhagavatam, Kansa lured Krishna and Balarama to a wrestling fest...
Yogmaya Mandir, Gokul (Mathura): The Goddess Who Saved Krishna, Timings, Legend and How to Reach
Yogmaya Mandir is a temple to Goddess Yogmaya in Gokul, about 10 km from Mathura, revered as Yogmaya Janam Sthan. It is open 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, with morning and evening aarti and entry is free. By the Bhagavata Purana, Yogmaya was born to Yashoda in Gokul on the very night Krishna was born in Kansa's prison in Mathura; Vasudeva carried the baby Krishna across the Yamuna an...
Gokarneshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mathura: Timings, the Guardian Shiva Legend and How to Reach
Gokarneshwar Mahadev Mandir (Gokarn Nath) is an ancient Shiva temple on an elevated mound on Bhuteshwar Road, Masani, near the Akashvani (All India Radio) station in Mathura. In winter it is open about 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM; in summer about 5:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Entry is free. It is the northern guardian (Kshetrapal) of Mathura, one of the four cardinal ...
Nand Ghat, Gokul: The Yamuna Bank Where Krishna Rescued Nand Baba, Its Legend and How to Reach
Nand Ghat is a sacred bank of the Yamuna near Gokul, in the Bhaigaon neighbourhood of Mathura district. By the Srimad Bhagavatam, this is where Nand Baba, Krishna's foster father, was captured by the servants of Varuna Deva after bathing at a forbidden hour and where the child Krishna dived into the river, reached Varuna's palace and brought his father safely home. The adjacent village is called B...
Dhir Samir Ghat, Vrindavan: The Gentle Breeze of the Yamuna, Its Legend, Saints and How to Reach
Dhir Samir Ghat (also spelled Dheer Sameer) is a serene, spiritually profound bank of the Yamuna in Vrindavan, near Keshi Ghat and Vanshi Vat. The name means 'gentle breeze': by legend, Krishna's flute at this grove was so enchanting that even the strong Vrindavan winds slowed to a gentle whisper to listen. The poet Jayadeva immortalised it in the Gita Govinda ('Dhira samire yamuna tire...'). It i...
Rudra Kund and Rin Mochan Kund, Govardhan: History, Significance and How to Reach These Sacred Parikrama Kunds
Rudra Kund (Rudana Kund) and Rin Mochan Kund (Pap Mochan Kund) are two ancient sacred tanks on the 21 km Govardhan Parikrama Marg in Mathura district. Rudra Kund stands at Jatipura, directly in front of the Shri Giriraj Mukharvind temple and marks where Lord Shiva and Parvati sat to witness Krishna's Annakut festival, the kund forming from Shiva's tears of ecstatic love. Rin Mochan Kund, further ...
Mahavidya Devi Mandir Mathura: Timings, History, Significance and How to Reach the Ancient Shakti Shrine
Mahavidya Devi Mandir in Mathura is open roughly 6:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with the morning darshan often pausing around 11:30 AM for midday offerings. It stands on Mahavidya Road in the western part of the city, on a raised hillock reached by a flight of steps, with the historic Mahavidya Kund beside it. The presiding goddess is Mahavidya, a form of Parvati revered as the Kuladev...
Haridev Ji Temple, Govardhan: Timings, Aartis, History and How to Visit
The Haridev Ji temple at Govardhan stands on the southern bank of the Mansi Ganga, about 22 km from Mathura Junction. It is open daily 5:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM, closing in the afternoon for the deity's rest. It is one of the four ancient temples of Braj, built, by tradition, by Vajranabh (Krishna's great-grandson) around 5,000 years ago in red sandstone and dedicated to Haridev,...
Surabhi Kund, Govardhan: The Sacred Kund of the Celestial Cow
Surabhi Kund is a sacred kund in the Kadamba Van forest of Govardhan, on the inner (dirt-path) Govardhan parikrama, near Raghav Pandit's cave and Indra Kund, about 1.5 km from Apsara Kund. By legend, after Krishna lifted Govardhan, the celestial cow Surabhi (Kamdhenu) anointed him with milk from her own body while Indra performed an abhishek and Surabhi, moved by the leelas of Radha and Krishna, c...
Apsara Kund, Govardhan: The Sacred Twin Kund at the Tail of the Holy Hill
Apsara Kund is a sacred water tank at the southern tip (the 'tail', Poonchhari) of Govardhan hill in Braj, right beside Naval Kund (Poonch Kund). By legend, the celestial Apsaras came down to dance and offer their waters here at Indra's coronation-bath of Krishna after he lifted Govardhan; and by Vaishnava tradition, during a divine raas-lila Radha and Krishna melted in love and flowed into these ...
Balram Jayanti 2027: Date, Tithi, the Hal Shashti Fast and the Baldeo Celebration
Balram Jayanti 2027 (Balarama Jayanti / Baldev Chhath) is on Sunday, 5 September 2027, on Bhadrapada Shukla Shashthi (the sixth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada), two days before Krishna Janmashtami. It celebrates the birth of Lord Balarama, Krishna's elder brother, revered as the plough-bearing patron of farming and strength. A fast (Hal Shashti) is kept, especially by mothers for their ...
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