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  2. Govardhan Puja - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan Puja is a principal ritual performed during Annakut. Although some texts treat Govardhan Puja and Annakut as synonymous, the Govardhan Puja is one segment of the day-long Annakut festival. [17] [18] There are many variants of how Govardhan Puja is performed. In one variant of the ritual Krishna is made out of cow dung in horizontal ...

  3. Govardhan Hill - Wikipedia

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    Govardhana hill. Govardhana Hill (Sanskrit: गोवर्धन; pronounced [ɡoːʋɐrdʰɐnɐ]), also called Mount Govardhana and Giriraj, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, [1] [2] which is about 21 kilometres (13 miles) from Vrindavan. [3]

  4. Govardhana Shila - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of Govardhan hill with Shilas, Vrindavan Govardhan Temple starting point of Govardhan Parikrama [5] Presently at its highest point, the Govardhan hill is just 25 m (80 feet) high and is a wide hill. It is a narrow sandstone hill known as Giriraj which is about 8 km in length.

  5. Govardhan - Wikipedia

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    They circumambulate Govardhan and offer their obeisances to Krishna and Radha, key deities in Hinduism. One of the main festivals celebrated at Govardhan is Govardhan Puja, that commemorates the lifting of Govardhan Hill (Giriraj Parvat) to protect the villagers of Braj from the flood caused by the Lord of thunder and rain, Indra.

  6. What to know about Diwali, the Festival of Lights - AOL

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    • Diwali, or Lakshmi Puja: ... it commemorates the day Lord Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill to protect villagers of Vrindavan from rains brought on by Lord Indra’s anger. Some devotees offer a ...

  7. Parikrama - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan Temple starting point of Govardhan Parikrama. Govardhan hill which has great religious significance in view of its association with Lord Krishna, presently at its highest point is just 25-metre (82 ft) high and is a wide hill near Mathura Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, India.

  8. Daan-Ghati - Wikipedia

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    Daan-Ghati is one of the two main temple structures in Govardhan, near Mathura, India. The other temple structure is called Dasvisa. It is involved in the Govardhan Puja,a 21 kilometre circumambulation of the hill that it is believed Krishna lifted with his little finger to protect his worshipers from the wrath of Indra, the Vedic god of rain ...

  9. Shrinathji Temple - Wikipedia

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    Saddu Pandey was surprised. When he went near him, he saw the Mukharvind of Shri Govardhan Nathji. On the same day, on Vaishakh Krishna 11 Samvat 1535, Shri Vallabhacharya appeared in Champaranya, Chhattisgarh. Shri Govardhannathji himself said to Saddu Pandey - "My name is Devdaman, and my other names are Indradaman and Nagdaman."