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Talavana Forest In the Talavana forest Balarama killed Dhenukasura. There is a beautiful Deity of Balarama (1m or 3½ ft tall) and His consort, Srimati Revati, here in a small temple next to the lake called Sankarshana Kunda. The parikrama of this forest is 6 km (3½ miles). There is a festival here to celebrate Balarama killing Dhenukasura in June-July (the bright half of Bhadra). Talavana is the second of the twelve forests. The village here is also called Tarsi. This forest used to be filled with palm trees and was therefore given the name Tala. Tala means “palm tree.” Now there are only a few palm trees left. They are located near the Balarama temple. The Kunda here is also called Vetra (cane) Ganga. One story about this kunda is that one day the gopis were dancing and became thirsty. To supply them with water Krishna struck the ground with his cane, which made this kunda. How To Get Here This forest is 10km (6 miles) west of Mathura. If you are driving from Vrindavana you get on the main Delhi-Agra road (Mathura by-pass road) going towards Agra. You drive about 20 minutes on this road until you reach the Mathura to Bharatpur road. You make a right and drive about 4km, about an eight minutes drive, until you reach the village of Talavana. You make a right into the village of Talavana, going over some railway tracks. You drive past the small village here (30 seconds) and Sankarshana Kunda is in front of you. The temple is in front of you, on the right side of the kunda. Killing
of Dhenukasura “When Balarama and Krishna were thus petitioned by Their smiling intimate friends, They were inclined to please them, and They began to proceed towards the forest, surrounded by all Their friends. Immediately upon entering the Talavana forest, Balarama began to yank the trees with His arms, exhibiting the strength of an elephant. Because of this jerking, all the ripe fruits fell down on the ground. Upon hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the demon Dhenukasura, who was living there in the form of an ass, began to approach with great force, shaking the whole field so that all the trees began to move as if there were an earthquake. The demon appeared first before Balarama and began to kick His chest with his hind legs. At first, Balarama did not say anything, but the demon with great anger began to kick Him again more vehemently. This time Balarama immediately caught hold of the legs of the ass with one hand and wheeling him around threw him into the treetops. While he was being wheeled around by Balarama, the demon lost his life. Balarama threw the demon into the biggest palm tree about, and the demon’s body was so heavy that the palm tree fell upon other trees, and several fell down. It appeared as if a great hurricane had passed through the forest, and all the trees were falling down, one after another. This exhibition of extraordinary strength is not astonishing because Balarama is the Personality of Godhead known as Ananta Sesanaga, who is holding all the planets on the hoods of His millions of heads. The whole cosmic manifestation is maintained by Him exactly as two threads hold the weaving of a cloth. “After the demon was thrown into the trees, all the friends and associates of Dhenukasura immediately assembled and attacked Balarama and Krishna with great force. They were determined to retaliate and avenge the death of their friend. But Krishna and Balarama began to catch each of the asses by the hind legs and, exactly in the same way, wheel them around. Thus They killed all of them by throwing them into the palm trees. Because of the dead bodies of the asses, there was a panoramic scene. It appeared as if clouds of various colors were assembled in the trees.” (Krishna Book, 15) If you know of information that is not listed here, or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at: |
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