Author Archives: Librarian

#Yugala Kunda It is said that Nanda Maharaja stayed at this place. There is a small path that goes into the field, about 50m before the tax-gate (toll). This path is next to a broken wall … Read More

#Vilasa Vana and #Vilachu Kunda About halfway between Jati Pura and the town of Govardhana is the Satya Narayana temple. This temple is a small road-side temple about a km from Jati Pura. You can see … Read More

#Uddhava Temple Near Kusuma Sarovara is a temple dedicated to Uddhava that was established by Krishna’s great-grandson about 4900 years ago. Uddhava remains here in the form of grass. Krishna sent Uddhava to Vrindavana, with a … Read More

#Uddhava Kunda This is the place where Uddhava, after meeting with the gopi, desired to have a future birth as an insignificant clump of grass in Braja. As you approach Uddhava Kunda, on the right side … Read More

#Siva Khari (Siva Pushkarani) You then walk awhile until you reach Siva Khari Kunda, which is on the right hand side of the parikrama path. The word Siva with a long i means “jackal.” Between the … Read More

#Syamavan and #Syama Kutir (Ratna Simhasana) Shyamavan is known as the black forest. At Shyama Kutir (also known as Ratna Simhasana) there is a kunda called Ratna Kunda. This kunda is said to mark the spot … Read More

#Sankarsana Kunda and Balarama Temple Sankarshana is an expansion of Lord Balarama. It is said in the Adi Varaha Purana that by taking bath in this kunda the sin of killing a cow is removed. Not … Read More

#Sakhi Vana and #Sakhi Sthali (Sakhikhara) This is the place of Chandravali. This place is where she used to meet Krishna. There is a run-down kunda here on the left hand side of the parikranta path. … Read More

#Rudra Kunda (Rudan Kunda) After proceeding on the parikrama path from Airavata Kunda, for about ten minutes, you come to this kunda. Lord Siva meditated on Krishna here. It is said that Lord Siva shed tears … Read More

  Just after passing Apsara Kunda, you enter the forest of Sutalavana, and close by is Sutala Kunda. Next to this kunda is the Sri Nathaji temple. This temple is less than a hundred years old. … Read More

  #Narada Vana is near Kusuma Sarovara. Narada Muni is said to have wrote the Narada-bhakti sutras here. He performed tapasya here after being instructed by Vrinda Devi to do so. He desired to witness the … Read More

  If you proceed along the side of Govardhana Hill you come to a large Govardhana-shila. On the shila is Radha and Krishna sitting on a swing being pushed by Radha’s girlfriends. This shila is not … Read More

  Govinda Kunda is about 400m after the village of Aniyora. This is where Lord Indra offered prayers and bathed Krishna, after Krishna lifted Govardhana Hill. This kunda was made by the bathing ceremony. Krishna’s feet … Read More

  O #Govardhana, O king of mountains, O hill whose nectarian name the best of Hari’s servants flows from the moonlike mouth of Sri Radha,O hill that the Vedas declare to be the tilaka marking of … Read More

  Madhavendra Puri found the Deity of Gopala at this place while staying at Govinda Kunda, about 500 years ago, This place is very close to Govardhana Hill, so one has to be careful not to … Read More