Govardhan

Mukharvind of Shreenathji

Hey Guys, during this lockdown period we are all caged at our homes. No parties, no picnics, no hangover with friends. The only way of our entertainment is electronic media. So today we will visit a place of spirituality, humanity and surely it is a place where you will get a peace of mind too.

Govardhanji

Govardhana hill also named as Giri Raj may be a sacred Hindu site at Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is considered as sacred hill because it is related with the life of Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna spent a part of his life roaming among its shaddy van, nikunj and kund.

Govardhan Puja
Govardhan Puja is celebrated on the next day of Diwali in India. Story behind this occasion is as:
On this day Lord Krishna defeated Lord Indra, deity of thunder and rain. On this day Lord Krishna saw that there was a huge preparation of annual offerings to Indra by the villagers. He could not get the things and asked his father, he further debated with the villagers that they are all farmers, they do farming on this hill and their cattle is also feed by this hill then for whom this all preparation is? He continues to say that all human beings should do the dharma to the best of their ability and do not pray sacrifices for natural phenomenon. The villagers got convinced by the Krishna and did not proceed for the puja. On this Indra got angered and flooded the village with heavy rain and thunder storm continuously for seven days. Lord Krishna left the Govardhan Hill and all the villagers and animals got shelter under the hill.

Shri Giriraj ji"s Parikrama
All the pilgrims coming here do the parikrama according to their capacity. Most of them do walking barefooted only. Many of them also do dandvati parikrama. The route of parikrama is of about 21KM.

Mukharvind of Shreenathji
At a distance of around 4 KM from Govardhan there lies Jatipura where a highly revered pilgrimage site is located named Mukharvind of Shreenath ji. It is visited by hundreds of devotees everyday. The temple is dedicated to lord Krishna. Thousands of devotees come to this temple to offer their prayers from various corner of the country.

Opening Time : Temple opens all days a week.

Best Time to visit : One can visit throughout a year but winters are considered best. As the winter season receives cool, calm and pleasant weather condition which is ideal for tourism. It is also the best season to feel the beauty of nature by watching Van, Kunds and different mandirs out there. One can easily feel the presence of Lord Krishna there.

Places to visit :

Bankebihari Temple
Nand Gaon
Nidhivan
Radha Rani Mandir

Banke Bihari Temple : It is situated in the Vrindavan city. It is discovered by Swami Haridas.

Nand Gaon : It is a historical town in Mathura district state of Uttar Pradesh India. It was the house of Lord Krishna where he resided for nine years along side Nand Baba and Mata Yashoda.

Nidhi Van : This temple is also situated in Vrindavan. This temple is mysterious with its popular tales.
It is said that Lord Krishna visits this place daily and conducts his Rasleela. That's why the doors of this temple are shutdown after the evening Aarti 7 Pm not only for the devotees also for the priests. It is also believed that animals and birds which are sighted there all day also leave the premises in the evening.

There is a place in Nidhi Van which is called Rang Mahal. It is a place where bed of Sandalwood is prepared for Lord Krishna every night. On the bedside a jar filled with water, a pan and a daatun are kept. It is believed when doors are opened in the morning bedsheet find crumpled as someone has slept in it and water in jar, neem daatun and pan found consumed.
This is still a mystery nobody knows the truth behind this. Whoever attempted to witnessed such things have lost their sight, speech and even got mentally disturbed.
Trees found in Nidhivan are of different kind, they are of short height which get converted into Gopis and participate in Raasleela.