Gokul is also located on the banks of river yamuna. When Vasudevji was instructed by Vishnu ji to take the baby Krishna to Gokul and replace him with the newly born daughter of Yashoda and Nandji the yamuna was overflooded due to the rainy monsoon season in the month oh Bhadra.However inspite of such adverse conditions Vasudevji brought Krishna to Nand baba’s mahal in Gokul and took the baby girl who was the incarnation of mahamaya. In the morning every one thought that Yashoda has given birth to a baby boy. Here he was greeted by is brother Balram who had been transfered into the womb of his father’s first wife shrimati Rohinidevi from Devaki womb. We know about seregated mothers today. Maybe in those days such a system existed in a different way .Both the brothers grew up together in Gokul in Nand baba’s resident because Nand baba was a great friend of Vasudevji. The couple had lost all hopes of bearing a child.so when Krishna was born they were overjoyed and took utmost care of him along with Daau Balramji.The damsels of Gokul were no ordinary women. They were rishi muni’s in their ast births and they could recognise him as their god, hence they always wanted to be in the company of these gopi’s. For that they wanted to tease Kanha by hiding the butter from him and they used to see him finding the butter and they would hide beind a curtain and enjoyed seeing him eating the maakhan like a thief. That is why he is called.maakhan chor. Then they grew a little bigger and both the brothers crawled and made the life of maa yashoda heavenly. The gopi’s wanted to come and meet Kanha on some pretex or the other. One way to meet Kanha again was to complain about him to yashodha maae.It is amazing to see that Gokul still looks the same as it had looked more than 5000 years ago. The environment there is so similar to Golok, the heavanly planate of Krishnna.The damesles of Gokul still look the same as they lookd during dwapryuga. There are lots of places worth seeing here. Some of the important ones are being described below.
MAHAVAN-------This is the placewhere Krishna was brought by Vasudev ji.The temple has 84 pillars representing 84 lakhs of species living beings have gone through. The ceiling of this place is original and still ears the blackmarks of the soot. The pillars are still shinng as though they had been touched by Kanaha’s hands smeared with makkhan.There are deitiesof Nand Yashodha, Balramji and Kanha. On Janam ashtmi there is a special function.
LOHAH VAN-------This van was a good place for pasture where Kanha used to bring his cows for grazing along with the calves and other gawala’s. In the scorching heat of the summers thy used to sit under the shade of the trees which were spreading all over the place.Kaha used to enjoy jokin and playing wit these fortunate cowherd boys who were his intimate friends. In fact they were rishies and munies in their past births and had done a lot of tapas, that is why they had the freedom to say what ever they liked to krishna. At present there is a temple of Gopinathhji and a cave kown as Lohasur guffa.( cave )
ANANDI BANDI-----There were two gopi’s. They used to pick up the cow dung from Krishna’s house. They had great love for Kanha.Like other gopi’s they were deeply engrossed in devotion for Kanaha and while they did their household chores they would constantly sing the leela’sand glories of sri Krishna. Great bhakats and devotees of Krishna such as Ras khan and Udhav were so much impressed by the bhakti of these gopi’s that they wanted that in the next birth they should become grass so that the pure and holy feet of these gopi’s should touch them and they too can have the pleasure to be so intimate to Krishna. In the name of these two gopi’s there is a kund in this place.
RAMAN RETI-----This is a beautiful place where Kahana used to play with the gawalas .There is a beautuful temple of Shri Raman Bihari in this place.This looks like an ashram which became popular due to a great saint called Shri Karshiniji. Even today the saint in charge belongs to sri Karshini sampradya. There are beautiful simple huts in a neat row on all sides where saints stay. There is a very big gaoo shalla.Every day there is a langer or free food for any prson who visits this place durin meal times.The food prasad is made of pure ghee of the cows which are in the gaoo shalla .The devotees roll them selves in the sand in this place. There is a couplet regarding the importance of the sand in this place. ‘Raman reti lotyo nahi, kyo naa yamuna pann, re nar tene samjho nahi , brij ko tatva mahaan.’ It means if a person has not rolled in the sand of raman reti and not drunk water of yamunaji he has failed to understand the importance and greatness of brij bhoomi.
RAS KHAN TEELA-----Raskhan was a resident of Afghanistan. Once h happened to see a picture of Kanaha and instantly fell in love with him. He enquired about him and was told that this is a god of the hindus and he stays in Vrindavan.He came all the way rom Kabul and reached brij bhoomiin a few months. On reaching his destination he was not allowed entry in the temple because in those days non hindus were not allowed to enter the temple.He was very dissappointed and took a wow that he will not eat or drink anything till Kahna himself comes to give him darshan and kept sitting out side the temple for many days. Kanha could not see his devotee dying and came personally to take the dry fruits which he had brought for him from Kabul. He had also brought a pattaani suit and a tuledaar topi. The next morning when the temple opened for darshan Kanha was wearing that suit and topi.Ras khan was singing in brij language. The mere touch of Kanha made hima great composer of poetry which is a part of syllabi in schools and colleges today.This is the place of his samaadhi.
TAAJ CHATRI---- This is another instance of a muslim queen who was going to macca madina. From Agra.The first halt was at Mathura. In the evening her ears were enchanted by the ghanta’s and bells that chime during sandhya aarti. She was so much attracted that she wanted to go to the temple but was not allowed being a muslim.Her devotional urge was so intense that Kanaha had to come out of the temple to fulfil her desire and gave her darshan. She stopped her further jouney to macca madina saying she had met her allaha in Mathura only.
BRAHMAAND GHAAT------This was the place where Kana had eaten braj raja that is mud of brij. The gawalla’s went and reported the matter to Yashoda mai who went to scold him for eating mud which is not good for children. At first Kanha denied that he are it but when Yashoda mai asked him to open his mouth, she got the shock of her life to see the whole universe in Kanha’s mouth. There is a beautiful temple of Brhamaand Bihari on this ghat. It is great fun and blissful to have a bath at this ghat.
TEMPLE OF DAAU JI (BALRAMJI)------This temle is about 10-12 kilo meters away from Brahmaand ghat. The place is really very charming and beautiful.The vibrations emmiting from here are very enchanting to the soul. The temple is very beautiful. There are deities f Sri Balramji with his wife Rewatiji in black stone.This temple was also in tha hit list of emperor Aurangzeb for distruction but a very marvolous incident happened due to which it was saved. The story goes that whenever the mougal army made an attempt to destroy the deities, the soldoers were blinded by the miracle of Daauji. The whole night they wanted to attack but went on looking for the templ but could not find it. It is one of the most loved deity of the brijvassi’s.
RAWAL------On the way to Gokul is a small village called Rawal.Radha ji was born at this place. She was the most intimate and beloved sakhi of Kanha. It is believed that n the month of Bhadra Sri Vrishbhanu went as usual to bring lotus flowers from theVrishbhanu sarovar (lake) and to his astonishment he found a very sweet and cute little baby girl on a lotus flower. He brought her home and named her Radha.
KARNAVAL----This is the village where the karna chhedan of Krishna Balram ji took place. There is a beautiful temple of Sri Madan Mohan as well as Sri Madhav rai ji in this place.
MAHAVAN-------This is the placewhere Krishna was brought by Vasudev ji.The temple has 84 pillars representing 84 lakhs of species living beings have gone through. The ceiling of this place is original and still ears the blackmarks of the soot. The pillars are still shinng as though they had been touched by Kanaha’s hands smeared with makkhan.There are deitiesof Nand Yashodha, Balramji and Kanha. On Janam ashtmi there is a special function.
LOHAH VAN-------This van was a good place for pasture where Kanha used to bring his cows for grazing along with the calves and other gawala’s. In the scorching heat of the summers thy used to sit under the shade of the trees which were spreading all over the place.Kaha used to enjoy jokin and playing wit these fortunate cowherd boys who were his intimate friends. In fact they were rishies and munies in their past births and had done a lot of tapas, that is why they had the freedom to say what ever they liked to krishna. At present there is a temple of Gopinathhji and a cave kown as Lohasur guffa.( cave )
ANANDI BANDI-----There were two gopi’s. They used to pick up the cow dung from Krishna’s house. They had great love for Kanha.Like other gopi’s they were deeply engrossed in devotion for Kanaha and while they did their household chores they would constantly sing the leela’sand glories of sri Krishna. Great bhakats and devotees of Krishna such as Ras khan and Udhav were so much impressed by the bhakti of these gopi’s that they wanted that in the next birth they should become grass so that the pure and holy feet of these gopi’s should touch them and they too can have the pleasure to be so intimate to Krishna. In the name of these two gopi’s there is a kund in this place.
RAMAN RETI-----This is a beautiful place where Kahana used to play with the gawalas .There is a beautuful temple of Shri Raman Bihari in this place.This looks like an ashram which became popular due to a great saint called Shri Karshiniji. Even today the saint in charge belongs to sri Karshini sampradya. There are beautiful simple huts in a neat row on all sides where saints stay. There is a very big gaoo shalla.Every day there is a langer or free food for any prson who visits this place durin meal times.The food prasad is made of pure ghee of the cows which are in the gaoo shalla .The devotees roll them selves in the sand in this place. There is a couplet regarding the importance of the sand in this place. ‘Raman reti lotyo nahi, kyo naa yamuna pann, re nar tene samjho nahi , brij ko tatva mahaan.’ It means if a person has not rolled in the sand of raman reti and not drunk water of yamunaji he has failed to understand the importance and greatness of brij bhoomi.
RAS KHAN TEELA-----Raskhan was a resident of Afghanistan. Once h happened to see a picture of Kanaha and instantly fell in love with him. He enquired about him and was told that this is a god of the hindus and he stays in Vrindavan.He came all the way rom Kabul and reached brij bhoomiin a few months. On reaching his destination he was not allowed entry in the temple because in those days non hindus were not allowed to enter the temple.He was very dissappointed and took a wow that he will not eat or drink anything till Kahna himself comes to give him darshan and kept sitting out side the temple for many days. Kanha could not see his devotee dying and came personally to take the dry fruits which he had brought for him from Kabul. He had also brought a pattaani suit and a tuledaar topi. The next morning when the temple opened for darshan Kanha was wearing that suit and topi.Ras khan was singing in brij language. The mere touch of Kanha made hima great composer of poetry which is a part of syllabi in schools and colleges today.This is the place of his samaadhi.
TAAJ CHATRI---- This is another instance of a muslim queen who was going to macca madina. From Agra.The first halt was at Mathura. In the evening her ears were enchanted by the ghanta’s and bells that chime during sandhya aarti. She was so much attracted that she wanted to go to the temple but was not allowed being a muslim.Her devotional urge was so intense that Kanaha had to come out of the temple to fulfil her desire and gave her darshan. She stopped her further jouney to macca madina saying she had met her allaha in Mathura only.
BRAHMAAND GHAAT------This was the place where Kana had eaten braj raja that is mud of brij. The gawalla’s went and reported the matter to Yashoda mai who went to scold him for eating mud which is not good for children. At first Kanha denied that he are it but when Yashoda mai asked him to open his mouth, she got the shock of her life to see the whole universe in Kanha’s mouth. There is a beautiful temple of Brhamaand Bihari on this ghat. It is great fun and blissful to have a bath at this ghat.
TEMPLE OF DAAU JI (BALRAMJI)------This temle is about 10-12 kilo meters away from Brahmaand ghat. The place is really very charming and beautiful.The vibrations emmiting from here are very enchanting to the soul. The temple is very beautiful. There are deities f Sri Balramji with his wife Rewatiji in black stone.This temple was also in tha hit list of emperor Aurangzeb for distruction but a very marvolous incident happened due to which it was saved. The story goes that whenever the mougal army made an attempt to destroy the deities, the soldoers were blinded by the miracle of Daauji. The whole night they wanted to attack but went on looking for the templ but could not find it. It is one of the most loved deity of the brijvassi’s.
RAWAL------On the way to Gokul is a small village called Rawal.Radha ji was born at this place. She was the most intimate and beloved sakhi of Kanha. It is believed that n the month of Bhadra Sri Vrishbhanu went as usual to bring lotus flowers from theVrishbhanu sarovar (lake) and to his astonishment he found a very sweet and cute little baby girl on a lotus flower. He brought her home and named her Radha.
KARNAVAL----This is the village where the karna chhedan of Krishna Balram ji took place. There is a beautiful temple of Sri Madan Mohan as well as Sri Madhav rai ji in this place.
Jai Shri Radhe Krishna
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