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Vrindavan (Brindavan) Population: 70,000 Vrindavana is 145 km (90 miles) south of Delhi and 55 km (30 miles) north of Agra, just off the Delhi-Agra Road. It is 14 km or a 25-minute auto-rickshaw ride from Mathura. It has a small-town type atmosphere with narrow streets and not much motor traffic. There are said to be over 5,000 temples in Vrindavana. This town is located within the forest of Vrindavana and is known as Pancakrosi Vrindavana. “When Srila Sanatana Gosvami came to Vrindavana there were no temples. The city was lying like an open field. Sanatana Gosvami sat down on the banks of the Yamuna, and after some time he gradually constructed the first temple; then other temples were constructed, and now the city is full of temples, numbering over five-thousand.” (Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 7.160 purport) “Of all the temples in Vrindavana, ninety percent belong to the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect, the followers of the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda, and seven are very famous.” (Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.232 purport) It is believed that Sati’s hair fell at Keshi Ghata, when Lord Siva was doing his dance of destruction, after Sati had burned herself alive. Lord Vishnu had cut up her body to stop Lord Siva from destroying the universe. Parts of her body fell at different places in India. Yamuna
River Ghatas Vrindavana
Institute Raman
Reti Raman
Reti (Krishna-Balarama) Trees How To Get Here To get to these trees from the Krishna Balarama Temple you first walk over to the parikrama path, which is one road over from the temple, going away from the downtown. Once on the parikrama path, you walk about four minutes until you come to an open area on your right. The trees will then be on your right. Kaliya
Mardan Temple Madana-Mohan
Temple How To Get Here If you just walked down the steps from the old Madana-Mohan temple, you take a right and walk about 30 metres (100 ft). You make a right here and walk to the end of the road (about a minute). You make a left and the entrance to this garden is the first doorway on the right, after about 3m (10 ft). Jugal
Ghata Sri
Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math Imli
Tala Kishorivan
(Hari Nikunj) Radha
Damodara Temple Radha
Syamasundara Temple Ban
Khandi Mahadeva Siva Temple How To Get Here It is a small temple that is passed just before you enter Loi Bazaar. It is at the intersection where the road turns off to the Banke Bihari temple, if you are coming from Loi Bazaar. It is a colorful temple with an elephant and clock on top of the temple. Nidhivana
Shahji
(Sahaji) Temple Radha
Gopinatha Temple Madhu
Pandit’s Samadhi How To Get Here After you leave the main road and walk about 100m to the doorway of the courtyard of the Radha Gopinath temple, you make a right, before entering the courtyard. You walk 80m, with the road bearing to the left. After making the left turn the samadhi is the small white building on your right. This samadhi is next to the entrance from Gopinatha Bazaar, within the outer compound of the Gopinath temple. Radha-Raman
Temple Radha
Gokulananda Temple Jugal-Kishorji
Temple How To Get Here This temple is near Keshi Ghata. This ancient temple is just behind the Dantsamaj (Tooth Samadhi) of Gadadhara Pandit. From the samadhi, you follow the road around to Keshi Ghata and this fairly large temple is on your left, after 30 seconds. Keshi
Ghata Bilvamangala
Thakura’s Samadhi How To Get Here It is in Gopinatha Bazaar. The small building that the samadhi is in, is white and has two elephant heads above the doorway on both sides. There is a 25cm (10 inch) statue of Ganesh above the doorway. Temple Timings The samadhi is open from 4.30 am to 12 noon and 4.30 to 9 pm. Gopisvara
Mahadeva Temple Dhira
Samira Ghata Govindaji
Temple New
Radha Govinda Temple Sixty-four
Samadhis (Chaousata Mahanta Samadhi Pitha) Katyayani
Devi Temple Jnana
Gudri Vaha
(Vihar) Kunda Pani
Ghata Adi
Badri Ghata Raja
Ghata Sri
Caitanya Visram Sthali Bhajana
Ashrams Delhi. You then turn right at the road after the petrol (gas) station, after about half a km. This temple is then about half a km down the road, all by itself. It is convenient to visit this temple on the way to Radha Kunda or Varsana. Radha
Krishna Temple (Pagal Baba Ashram) How To Get Here This temple is the large white marble temple that is on the left as you approach Vrindavana from Mathura on the main Mathura to Vrindavana road. Not far from this temple is Akrura Ghata. Gita
Mandir Deoria
Baba Ashram
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