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Similarly, Radharani also took bath in the Shyam kund and announced that whoever takes bath in Shyam kund would be blessed with the love that Krishna has for her. To this day, millions of pilgrims desiring love for Radha-Krishna come to this holy spot to take bath in a reverential mood, bathing first in Radha-Kund, then in Shyam-kund, and then ...
ISKCON Vrindavan, also called Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, is one of the major ISKCON temples in the world. It is a Gaudiya Vaishnava temple located in the city of Vrindavan, Mathura district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] The temple is dedicated to the Hindu gods Krishna and Balarama.
The "Shyam Kund [7]" is a holy pond near the temple from where the 'Sheesh (Head)' of baba shyam came out. In this kund devotees take bath and do worship of khatu naresh (Lord of Khatu). The Gopinath temple lies to the south-east of the main temple. The Gaurishankar temple [7] also lies nearby. There is an interesting tale associated with the ...
Later, In 1670, when the Muslim emperor Aurangazeb invaded Vrindavana, [4] the original deities Radha Damodar were shifted to Jaipur for some time and when the social conditions became favourable, deities were brought back to Vrindavan in the year 1739 C.E. The deities Radha Damodar have been served in Vrindavan since then.
According to William Archer and David Kinsley, a professor of Religious Studies known for his studies on Hindu goddesses, the Radha-Krishna love story is a metaphor for a divine-human relationship, where Radha is the human devotee or soul who is frustrated with the past, obligations to social expectations, and the ideas she inherited, who then ...
The Vrindavan site was developed by Kripalu Ji Maharaj, whose main ashram was in Vrindavan. [8] He dedicated the gift of love to Shri Vrindavan Dham. Prem Mandir is constructed entirely of Italian marble. The total dimensions of the temple including its flag is 38 metres (125 ft) high, 58 metres (190 ft) long and the 39 metres (128 ft) wide ...
[1] [2] It is one of the oldest and highly revered temple of Vrindavan. [3] The presiding deity of the temple is Madan Mohan , a form of the god Krishna who is present in the central altar of the temple with his consort goddess Radha and Lalita gopi on either sides of him.
The story follows the reincarnating lives of a couple through three different generations. It opens with young students Radha, a simple girl aspiring to be a doctor, and Shyam, a playboy in the school. Initially, they dislike each other, but gradually begin to spend more time together and destiny makes them fall in love.