The City of Mathura, in Uttar Pradesh, the nucleus of Brajbhoomi, is located at a distance of 145 km south-east of Delhi and 58 km north-west of Agra.
It can be reached from chennai by GT express and from Delhi even by local trains and other trains because it is in main line. Except for the express like Tamilnadu, andhra and kerela express all the trains can be boarded.It is 58 Kms north west of Agra.
Mathura region that encompasses Vrindavan, Govardhan,Barsana and Nandgaon.Vrindavan has got numerous temples.
JAIPUR TEMPLE
This temple was built by the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Madhav, in 1917 after thirty years of hard labour. The Deities worshiped here are Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Ananda-bihari and Hansa-gopala.
Apart from that the south indian temple Lord ranganatha temple is very famous. The ursavam pagal patthu is very famous and interesting utsavam which is celebrated during the time of purratasi.
Vada Mathura
Vadamathura is considered to one among 7 mukthi sthalams. The other mukthi sthalams are Avanti, Ayodhya, Dwaraka, Maya, Kanchipuram and Kasi. The temple unfortunately has been broken and on this place a mosque has been built. Krishna janam boomi is still there where krishna has born and the jail where krishna was born is called as janamboomi. The statue which is there is a new statue and it is not the idol which has been sung by alwars
Mangalasasanam:
Periyalwar - 4 Paasurams
Andal - 6 Paasurams
Thondaradipodialwar - 1 Paasuram
Thirumangaialwar - 4 Paasurams
Nammalwar - 10 Paasurams .
The alwars have sung in the 12th century. The stories told by the villagers ( folk stories) Fearing the demolition of the goverdeneswar statue by the mughal kings the statue had been taken to Nathwara a place 40 kms from Udaipur where the statue has been kept and temple has been built. The statue of the goverdeneswar is in Nathwara Rajastan. Adiyen happen to spent forteen years in Gwalior near mathura for doing my MSc and PhD and happen to work at DRDO Gwalior and use to go for Girivalam on all full moon days. These are the deatils given to me by the villagers of Rajasthan and Uttar pradesh. I have visisted Nathwara and had darsen of the lord Goverdeneswar. So both the temples has to be visited at Mathura and Nathwara to complete the Vada mathura darsan if you are a staint vaishnavite.
About Brindavanam, Andal has done mangalasasanam on the perumal in 10 paasurams and about Govardhanam, Periyalwar has praised the perumal in 16 Paasurams.
Vrindavanam (Brindavanam is in Karnataka. In UP it is Vrindavanam)
BALRAMA MANDIRThis beautiful temple was established in 1975 by His Divine Grace A.c. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founer-acarya of the Interational Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) and has now become Vrindavan's most popular temple and has one of the highest standards of Deity worship and cleanliness. Hare Krishna devotees from around the world can be seen here throughout they year, bringing a truly international flavour to this ancient holy city.
KALYA GHATA (KALIYA-HRADA)Here, Lord Krishna jumped from a big Kadamba tree into the Yamuna river, in order to chastise the Kaliya serpent who was poisoning the waters of the river, in order to chastise the Kaliya serpent who was poisoning the waters of the river. The kadamba tree that Krishna climbed is still here, even though the Yamuna does not flow here anymore, except during the rainy season when the river floods.
RADHA MADANA-MOHANA TEMPLEThis famous temple was established by Srila Sanatana Gosvami and was the first temple to be built in Vrindavana, which at that time was just a forest. The original Deity of Madana-mohana was taken to Karauli in Rajasthan for safety during the attack on Vrindavana by the soldiers of the fanatical Muslim Emperor, Aurangzeb.
Goverdanagiri
This is situated at a distance of 27 kms from Mthura. This is where Lord Krisha father shifted him in is small child hood fearing the harrasment of demons. nearly 1 Lakh people go around the hill of goverdan (Parikrama or girivalam) during poornima full moon day.One has to start the girivalam by taking holy bath at Mansi ganga. The goverdanagiri valam is around Thirteen kilometers. the other girivalam is radha kund where radha and krishna has taken bath. this is around 8 kms. on the way one has to take the darsan at jathipura ( comes in rajasthan ) where it is believed that krishna stayed at childhood.
It can be reached from chennai by GT express and from Delhi even by local trains and other trains because it is in main line. Except for the express like Tamilnadu, andhra and kerela express all the trains can be boarded.It is 58 Kms north west of Agra.
Mathura region that encompasses Vrindavan, Govardhan,Barsana and Nandgaon.Vrindavan has got numerous temples.
JAIPUR TEMPLE
This temple was built by the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Madhav, in 1917 after thirty years of hard labour. The Deities worshiped here are Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Ananda-bihari and Hansa-gopala.
Apart from that the south indian temple Lord ranganatha temple is very famous. The ursavam pagal patthu is very famous and interesting utsavam which is celebrated during the time of purratasi.
Vada Mathura
Vadamathura is considered to one among 7 mukthi sthalams. The other mukthi sthalams are Avanti, Ayodhya, Dwaraka, Maya, Kanchipuram and Kasi. The temple unfortunately has been broken and on this place a mosque has been built. Krishna janam boomi is still there where krishna has born and the jail where krishna was born is called as janamboomi. The statue which is there is a new statue and it is not the idol which has been sung by alwars
Mangalasasanam:
Periyalwar - 4 Paasurams
Andal - 6 Paasurams
Thondaradipodialwar - 1 Paasuram
Thirumangaialwar - 4 Paasurams
Nammalwar - 10 Paasurams .
The alwars have sung in the 12th century. The stories told by the villagers ( folk stories) Fearing the demolition of the goverdeneswar statue by the mughal kings the statue had been taken to Nathwara a place 40 kms from Udaipur where the statue has been kept and temple has been built. The statue of the goverdeneswar is in Nathwara Rajastan. Adiyen happen to spent forteen years in Gwalior near mathura for doing my MSc and PhD and happen to work at DRDO Gwalior and use to go for Girivalam on all full moon days. These are the deatils given to me by the villagers of Rajasthan and Uttar pradesh. I have visisted Nathwara and had darsen of the lord Goverdeneswar. So both the temples has to be visited at Mathura and Nathwara to complete the Vada mathura darsan if you are a staint vaishnavite.
About Brindavanam, Andal has done mangalasasanam on the perumal in 10 paasurams and about Govardhanam, Periyalwar has praised the perumal in 16 Paasurams.
Vrindavanam (Brindavanam is in Karnataka. In UP it is Vrindavanam)
BALRAMA MANDIRThis beautiful temple was established in 1975 by His Divine Grace A.c. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founer-acarya of the Interational Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) and has now become Vrindavan's most popular temple and has one of the highest standards of Deity worship and cleanliness. Hare Krishna devotees from around the world can be seen here throughout they year, bringing a truly international flavour to this ancient holy city.
KALYA GHATA (KALIYA-HRADA)Here, Lord Krishna jumped from a big Kadamba tree into the Yamuna river, in order to chastise the Kaliya serpent who was poisoning the waters of the river, in order to chastise the Kaliya serpent who was poisoning the waters of the river. The kadamba tree that Krishna climbed is still here, even though the Yamuna does not flow here anymore, except during the rainy season when the river floods.
RADHA MADANA-MOHANA TEMPLEThis famous temple was established by Srila Sanatana Gosvami and was the first temple to be built in Vrindavana, which at that time was just a forest. The original Deity of Madana-mohana was taken to Karauli in Rajasthan for safety during the attack on Vrindavana by the soldiers of the fanatical Muslim Emperor, Aurangzeb.
Goverdanagiri
This is situated at a distance of 27 kms from Mthura. This is where Lord Krisha father shifted him in is small child hood fearing the harrasment of demons. nearly 1 Lakh people go around the hill of goverdan (Parikrama or girivalam) during poornima full moon day.One has to start the girivalam by taking holy bath at Mansi ganga. The goverdanagiri valam is around Thirteen kilometers. the other girivalam is radha kund where radha and krishna has taken bath. this is around 8 kms. on the way one has to take the darsan at jathipura ( comes in rajasthan ) where it is believed that krishna stayed at childhood.
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