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Yamuna Bathing & Vrindavan Ghats Yamuna
Bathing You should be a little careful when you bathe in the Yamuna. You should not leave any valuables unguarded. I have heard of several people that have been robbed. I personally would not let anyone get within 50m (150 feet) of my things. If you take a boat across the river to go bathing you should be especially careful about being robbed. If possible, it is best to bring nothing of value with you, when you go bathing. Keshi
Ghata Varaha
Ghata Lord Varaha, the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu, appeared as a giant boar to save the earth and to kill the demon Hiranyaksa, who had been terrifying the universe. Varaha dove to the bottom of the ocean to save the earth after Hiranyaksa put it there. Hiranyaksa was Hiranyakasipu’s brother, the demon who was killed by Lord Narasimha. Hiranyaksa was so proud, that he wanted to fight with Lord Vishnu in the form of a boar. Lord Varaha then got into a vicious club fight with Hiranyaksa. Hiranyaksa struck Varaha with his hard fist, but Varaha slapped Hiranyaksa indifferently at the root of his ear and killed him instantly. In the material world a boar or pig is considered most abominable, but Adi-sukara (the original boar), the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was not treated as an ordinary boar. Even Lord Brahma and the other demigods worshiped the Lord’s form as a boar. Temple Timings The temple here is open from 8.30 am to 12 noon and 4 to 9 pm. How To Get Here Near here is the ashram of Gautam Rishi. To get to the Varaha temple you come out of the door of the ashram of Gautam Rishi and go straight for about 20m (60 ft) into what seems to be someone’s yard and house. You then turn right around the building and you are at the Varaha temple. Even standing right in front of it you may not know it is a temple. This temple is about 50m (150 feet) from where the parikrama path turns to the right, and about a 10-minute walk from the Krishna Balarama Temple. From the road you would have no idea there is a temple here. Mohana
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Ghata (Ram Gol Ghata) Kaliya-hrada
(Kaliya Ghata) In the middle ghata tower (of the three) is the small Kaliya-Krishna Temple, which has a beautiful Deity of Krishna dancing on the Kaliya snake in it. You have to walk up several steps to get to this temple. How To Get Here Most likely to get to this ghata you will be walking on the Vrindavana parikrama path. After you first see the Madana-Mohan temple on your right (which is an ancient large red temple about a half a km away), Kaliya Ghata is on the right after about a two-minute walk. There are three ghata towers (8m or 25 feet high) on the right. If you are walking on the parikrama path and you see a large open field to your left, you have walked past Kaliya Ghata. Surya
Ghata Dvadasaditya-tila (Hill) and Praskandana-sarovara After subduing the Kaliya snake, Krishna felt a bit cold, after being in the water so long, so He came to the top of this nearby hill. The twelve sons of Aditi (Indra, Soma, Vivasvan, etc.) came in the form of twelve suns here to offer prayers and to warm the Lord. Because of the intense heat the Lord started to perspire. His perspiration then formed a lake at the bottom of the hill called Praskandana-sarovara. Praskanda means “perspiration.” The hill is called Dvadasaditya-tila. Aditya Tila is a name for the Sun. It is said that there was originally a Sun Temple on this hill, but eventually the temple was destroyed. This place is also known as Jabatabi or the garden of Jaba flowers. Dvadasaditya Tila hill is about 20m (60 ft) high. Sringara
Vata Ghata (Nityananda Vata) When visiting Vrindavana, Nityananda Prabhu stayed here for several days. He came to Vrindavana before His first meeting with Lord Caitanya. In the Bhakti-ratnakara it is said that Nityananda would always stay here and enjoy in the mood of Lord Balarama. There is a temple here dedicated to Krishna decorating Radha near this tree. It is said that the actual place where Krishna decorated Srimati Radharani is just behind this temple. There are Deities of Gaura Nitai, Radha Krishna and Lord Jagannatha in this temple. The pujari in this temple is friendly. The Gosvamis of this temple base their lineages to be descending from Nityananda Prabhu. How To Get Here From the Radha Damodara temple, you make a left and go 50m (150 feet), and there is a large archway on the left. You make a left under the archway and walk 50m (150 feet) until you reach a doorway directly in front of you. You go through the doorway and you follow the road to the left. The road curves a bit and the doorway of the temple is 30 m (100 ft) away, directly in front of you (slightly to the right). From the outside it is difficult to tell that this is a temple. On the parikrama path, it is about 150m to go from Imli Tala to Sringara Vata. If you are walking on the path from Imli Tala you pass a large round concrete block on your right, about 1m (4 ft) high. Just before the parikrama path bears left, you turn right and go up the small flight of stairs to a small open area. On your right about 20m (60 ft) away is a doorway that leads to Sringara Vata. From the parikrama path you cannot see this place. Temple Timings Summer:
Mangala arati - 4.30 am; Darshan 8 am to 12.30 pm and 4.30 to 8.30
pm. Govinda
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