This small village is located in thewestof goverdhan was ruled by Sri brishbhanu maharaj who was a friend of Nand baba, the foster father of sri krishna. When Nand baba got disturbed due to attempts of killing Krishna in Gokul, Vrishbhan ji offered him to come and settle down on the nandi hill where the rakshas’s were banned from entrying due to a curse.
This village is located on the Brahamahill.Many temples, sarovars and kunds in this place
are worth visting. Some of the important places have been described as under.
Sri Radha Krishna temple----- It is situated on the exact place which was the main mahal of king vrish bhabnuji. The deitiesare small in size but once a person climbes the stairsand reaches the main temple,he ceases to forget the huff and puff of climbin so many stair up the hill. It is believed that Radhji her self had requested Shyam sundar ji to be with her in her father’s kingdom. Krishna agreed and today the devotees have the darshn of the yugal pair in this most ancienct temple.
GEHWAR VAN-----The word gehwar means thick forest. It is a beautiful enchantig place full of lots of trees, creeper, bushes and grooves and surrounded by peacocks, koels and other enchanting birds. The true devotees can experience the tinkle of bells of the payjebs of the sakhi’s who are always roaming there along with Radhaji as well as Shyam Sundarji. There are many experiences of bhakts in this place where they have actually witnessed the keli of the divine couple. Just next to this main temple there is another temple which is equally important which was built by the king of Jaipur.
MAYUR KUTI------- Once Radha ji was waiting for the peacocks, but thatday no peacock came there , hence Radhaji was upset. Suddenly she saw Sri Shayam Sunderji dancin just like a peacock. His steps were just like a peacock that Radha ji tookhim for a real peacock. Raha ji got so excited that she out of excitement uttered mor mor which in brij language also means mine. On seeing radhaji uttering mor mor, Shaym Sundarji said, yes Radhe you will always be mine.There is a small temple here as a mark of his incident.Both Shyama Shyam are dessed up in the attire of a peacock here.
MAAN GARH------Once Krishna did not keep his promise of meeting Radha ji.She had waited for so long that she got annoyed with him and refused to talk to him inspite of so much pleadings and apologies. On the suggestion of other sakhi’s Shyam Sundarji disguised himself in the attire of a samwari sakhi. On the mere touch of the samwari sakhi, Radha ji’s anger disappeard. This place was named Maan garh thereafter. There is a beautiful temple known as maan mandir where the nectral flow of brij geet flow during holias well as Radhashtmi.
KAMOI VAN----This is the praakatya or appearane place of Vishaakha sakhi. There is a beautiful tmple of the asht sakhi’s here.
KARHALLA-----This placeis famous for dadhi daan by Lalita sakhi who belonged to ti place. It is believed that the raas of brij tarted from this place started by sri Ghamanddevji. Who was a bhakt who had come fromRajasthan at a very early age under the guru sri haridevji. Once he was roaming these places when a mahatma inspired him to enact the pastimes of krishna. Hence he selected some brahmin boys below 11 years and started raas leela which became very popular in brij latter.
SARIKA VAN-------The trees, creeper, wineyards as wellas the birds of brij bhoomi were blessed souls who were there to help the divine jori in their keli leela. Sarika is a bird which used to send messages from Radhaji to Shyamsundarji.On one ocassion Krishna took a sarika in his hand and made it repeat th name of Radha jiagain and again.At the same time Radha ji made the sarika repeat the name of krishna again and again. The sarika got confused and started chanting radh krishna radha krishna while sitting on the branch of a kadamb tree. Hence it got this name.
HINDOLA VAN----Hindola means a swing. It is a practie that during the monsoons specially during the month of saawan all the brij ladies like to swing during the rainy season.This was a great pleasure to the sakhi’s who had the opprtunity to swing with Shyama Shyam. Once Radha ji was annoyed with Kanha and was not talking to him, so he came in the disgise of a sambwari sakhi and along with other sakhi’s waited for his turn on the swing.Radhji doubted on this sakhi and asked her to be on the swing. The sakhi’s went on givingswings and suddenly the sari of Shyam sundarji was untied and all the sakhi’s had a good laughter seeing his embarresed face. Ha ha what fun it must have been.
SANKET VAN------Sanket means give directions to the person in such a ay that others who arepresent there are not able to see. Radha Krishna used to meet like this very often. The meeting place of the divine jor is known as sanket van.
This village is located on the Brahamahill.Many temples, sarovars and kunds in this place
are worth visting. Some of the important places have been described as under.
Sri Radha Krishna temple----- It is situated on the exact place which was the main mahal of king vrish bhabnuji. The deitiesare small in size but once a person climbes the stairsand reaches the main temple,he ceases to forget the huff and puff of climbin so many stair up the hill. It is believed that Radhji her self had requested Shyam sundar ji to be with her in her father’s kingdom. Krishna agreed and today the devotees have the darshn of the yugal pair in this most ancienct temple.
GEHWAR VAN-----The word gehwar means thick forest. It is a beautiful enchantig place full of lots of trees, creeper, bushes and grooves and surrounded by peacocks, koels and other enchanting birds. The true devotees can experience the tinkle of bells of the payjebs of the sakhi’s who are always roaming there along with Radhaji as well as Shyam Sundarji. There are many experiences of bhakts in this place where they have actually witnessed the keli of the divine couple. Just next to this main temple there is another temple which is equally important which was built by the king of Jaipur.
MAYUR KUTI------- Once Radha ji was waiting for the peacocks, but thatday no peacock came there , hence Radhaji was upset. Suddenly she saw Sri Shayam Sunderji dancin just like a peacock. His steps were just like a peacock that Radha ji tookhim for a real peacock. Raha ji got so excited that she out of excitement uttered mor mor which in brij language also means mine. On seeing radhaji uttering mor mor, Shaym Sundarji said, yes Radhe you will always be mine.There is a small temple here as a mark of his incident.Both Shyama Shyam are dessed up in the attire of a peacock here.
MAAN GARH------Once Krishna did not keep his promise of meeting Radha ji.She had waited for so long that she got annoyed with him and refused to talk to him inspite of so much pleadings and apologies. On the suggestion of other sakhi’s Shyam Sundarji disguised himself in the attire of a samwari sakhi. On the mere touch of the samwari sakhi, Radha ji’s anger disappeard. This place was named Maan garh thereafter. There is a beautiful temple known as maan mandir where the nectral flow of brij geet flow during holias well as Radhashtmi.
KAMOI VAN----This is the praakatya or appearane place of Vishaakha sakhi. There is a beautiful tmple of the asht sakhi’s here.
KARHALLA-----This placeis famous for dadhi daan by Lalita sakhi who belonged to ti place. It is believed that the raas of brij tarted from this place started by sri Ghamanddevji. Who was a bhakt who had come fromRajasthan at a very early age under the guru sri haridevji. Once he was roaming these places when a mahatma inspired him to enact the pastimes of krishna. Hence he selected some brahmin boys below 11 years and started raas leela which became very popular in brij latter.
SARIKA VAN-------The trees, creeper, wineyards as wellas the birds of brij bhoomi were blessed souls who were there to help the divine jori in their keli leela. Sarika is a bird which used to send messages from Radhaji to Shyamsundarji.On one ocassion Krishna took a sarika in his hand and made it repeat th name of Radha jiagain and again.At the same time Radha ji made the sarika repeat the name of krishna again and again. The sarika got confused and started chanting radh krishna radha krishna while sitting on the branch of a kadamb tree. Hence it got this name.
HINDOLA VAN----Hindola means a swing. It is a practie that during the monsoons specially during the month of saawan all the brij ladies like to swing during the rainy season.This was a great pleasure to the sakhi’s who had the opprtunity to swing with Shyama Shyam. Once Radha ji was annoyed with Kanha and was not talking to him, so he came in the disgise of a sambwari sakhi and along with other sakhi’s waited for his turn on the swing.Radhji doubted on this sakhi and asked her to be on the swing. The sakhi’s went on givingswings and suddenly the sari of Shyam sundarji was untied and all the sakhi’s had a good laughter seeing his embarresed face. Ha ha what fun it must have been.
SANKET VAN------Sanket means give directions to the person in such a ay that others who arepresent there are not able to see. Radha Krishna used to meet like this very often. The meeting place of the divine jor is known as sanket van.
Jai Shri Radhe Krishna
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