Sunday, September 28, 2014

|| Vrindavan Yatra ||



Vrindavan ~ A Place where love is First !
This image reveals the significance of this place , A place where Krishna became Sevak of the Devotion or Love ,a Person who is a aim of entire universe , became a slave of the people who carries unmotivational ,unconditional  love for him !!

 Yatra to Vrindavan is always blissful ,specially when its been performed during the time of Diwali and Kartik , its hard to bound in to the worlds.

Before Starting to be your guide on this tour ,let me explain the Drop of the ocean in the glorification of the place where you are planning to visit ,

The great saints had described  that " Vrindavan is  not easy to attain" , because Vrindavan is the only place where "Jagannath became Kanha ", " badrinath became Lallla ", and  "Dwarikadhish became chor ", 
there is a difference in all of these names, in their characteristics, so in  their reciprocation , Vraj Devotion is an  epitome of the devotional service , if you have  attain Vrindavan bhakti that means you have attain Krishna , 

Krishna can give Mukti very easily but he is very reluctant to give Bhakti , because   Bhakti  can make him dance as puppet whoever have it !!  ( Aisi preet badhi vrindavan , Gopiyan Naach nachao , Sabse Unchiii Prem Sagai ) , 
                                      But that   same Bhakti can easily attain if the person attain vrindavan ,the question how ? 
Krishna came as Ram , but he never eat Ayodya Mitti , Krishna Came in diffrent form like  Vraha,NArsimh,Vaman..etc, but he never eat a soil of any palces , Vrindavan is the only place where he find a way or the reason to do so  , it could be as baby krishna or cow or calf.. ,because this soil has a touch of the feet of his dearest devotees and lovers like shree radhika ji , just to understand the significance of the Vraj Mitti , please find some of the quote from Shreemad Bahgvatam,

-The great personality like brahma ask the boon to became a Soil in this vrindavan ,so Krishna and his great devotes can keep their feet on his head ,

-The Great personality like Udhhav ask a boon to became a "lata"(leaves ad plants)  in  Kusum Sarovar so the Great Gopies can give their divine touch.

-When someone complimented  the great saint  Kabir Das that your devotion and love is unmatchable  ,   in reply to that , shree KAbir Das ji said " Kabira KAbira Kya karein , Ja yamuna Ke teer , Ek ek Gopi Prem mai ..Beh gaye  Koti KAbir "

Many Great Saint has said " Vrindavan is a State to attain if not possible as a Place to Attain  "so its possible to attain Vraj Bhakti remotely  , Its possible to see Thakurji by the method of  devotion , Its possible that Thakurji Manifested  , But Vraj Dhuli and VRajvasi is very rare to attain , when you going to Vrindavan ,do not think that because of your punya karma you able to goto this place , punya phal se  Bhagvatam , Vriindavan or Vraj dhuli nahi milti,, This fortune has accumulated because you have knowingly or unknowingly serve his devotees , it could be by your Mind , Speech or Karma,  so again please don't cover your self too much during your visit  , try to get dusty as much as possible !! 



 Above Image : Lord Brahma asking a boon to became a Vraj dust , so Krishna ,his friends can keep their feet on his head , 


1.Travelling to Vrindavan :
 The nearest Railways Station is Mathura , where  all Major Trains Stops , and the Nearest Airport is Delhi , From Delhi its takes around 4 hours(depends on Traffic) 
Train: please make sure you have correct information of the trains and required bookings,

Taxi : its always recommend to book a Cab from the hotel where you are staying in Vrindavan,  from airport its hard to find a Cab who can drop you at the Vrindavan,

2. Accommodations at Vrindavan :
  Though there are many Hotels and Dharmashala at Vrindavan ,  MVT guest House , Bhakti Dham , Dehnuka are most preferable ,in Citi there is hotel name The Majesty which is also the decent one,

we have few more recommendation , please find it  below ,

Note: if you going during Kartik or Diwali, Please book it well in advance to avoid any last moment chaos

3 . Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner
  
Breakfast & Snacks :
-For the Breakfast , would recommend to eat the Maha which you can buy  inside the  KRishna Balram Temple(Iskcon) where the Fresh and best  Rasgulla , Cake ,etc ( around 2o to 40Rs) is available just after the Shringar Arrati at 7:30 a.m besides Bookstore , around 8:00 to 8:30 a.m you can get fresh Pizza , Samosa, Sandwitch etc at the snack bar ( right in front of Prabhupad Samadhi) ,  

-You can eat  @ Brajwasi as well , it is located  between  Iskcon Vrindavan to Bankebihari mandir road .

-Evening Time you can eat most famous Allu tikki and LAssi @ just outs side of Banke bihari ji Mandir



 Lunch and Dinner :

 -if you need a Swatch , Sundar , Home made type of lunch or dinner  Thali  then please visit  "Dhanuka   Ashram ", Its right behind Iskcon Temple ( on Parikrama Marg) , only the drawback is you need to buy a Coupon in advance to be on safer side , as on the busy Days they are over sold !!

- If you like to eat different Cousin , Please visit Iskcon Govindas ,  Iskcon MVT ( high end , Hygienic  & most recommended for international Items) MVT is just behind the Iskcon Guest house .


Place to Visit

Vrindavan Yatra could perform by two kind of Devotees ,
1.  you are going to vrindavan to practice devotion  or during kartik or Vraj mandal Parikrama.
2.  you  just want to visit some places as you have limited time .
will focus more on option 2. as first category of devotees knows everything for their planning  and there is a book for them to give a details for each place and significance

Though there are many temples and many important places which is hard to cover in one or two days tour , in this article will cover only those temple which need to be cover at least once ! 
for the timing of the temples , please visit  Links   http://www.mathuravrindavan.net/templetimings.htm

A.      Vrindavan : 1 day
B.     Govardhan: 1 Day
C.     Nandgaun & mathura :1 Day
D.    Gokul & Barsana : 1 Day

A.Vrindavan:
 Morning : Start  Yatra From  Krishna Balram Temple ( ISkcon) , have a Darshan and complete your breakfast , just after that you can proceed to Banke bijari ji MAndir ,and from there Visit Gopeshwar Mahadev, Radharamn Mandir and back to lohi bajar if you want to do some shopping , finish the shopping , do your lunch and go back to the hotel and take rest ! ( lohi bazar is closed from 1:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m)

Radha Raman Temple : This is one the most important Mandir in Vrindavan, Thakur ji Shree Radha raman is self manifested from the Shalgram Shila for Shree Gopal Bhatt Goswami, you can find the  small documentary in below link


 Besides Radha raman temple , there is a Samadhi of Gopal Bhatt Goswami ji, for whome Radha raman ji Menifested from Shali gram , Radha raman pragat Sthali as well as Gopal Bhatt Goswami ji's Samadhi is there




 Gopal Bhatt Goswami and their samadhi 
Radha raman Pragat Sthali


Gopeshwar Mahadev Temple :Without having darshan of gopeshwar mahadev , you cannot  entr in Vrindavan :) , Most important Temple in Vindavan , specially if you visit this temple during evening time around 7:30pm , because this is the time Gopeshwar became Gopi and you can see him in Gopi Dress ( dress like a Lady) , there is story behind this form of Lord Shiva please find it below .



Evening : Make sure you start Sharp at 4 p.m ,get a Cycle Riksha and ask him to take you to

 Radha Damodar : When you go to this temple , please do parikrama and in the parikrama you will find the  great  Samadhi’s   ( include Great Saints and Most importantly Rupa Goswami ( if you could not find ,please ask someone ) make sure you visit and get the blessing without forget 
this temple is very important as prabhupad stayed here and the same Rup Goswami ,who was the first disciple of Gaur hari appeared and ask him to preach the message of krishna in west !!


-please check out prabhupad room as well !!

-Govardhan Sheela with a foot print of Krishna and his flute: Rup Goswmi used to do govardhan parikrama every day , when he got old Krishna fell sorry about him and ask him to stop the parikrama but in replied Rup goswami said “ Krishan to do parikrama is my wow and I will do it till I live” so just to make it more convenient for him ,Krishna got a Govadhan shila and place his feet and Flute , and give it to Rup Goswami, that shila darshan you can do it in that temple, some people says the real shila has been shifted to Jaipur which  can be found in Radha Gobinddeb temple



RAdha Shamsunder: another great temple  of the great saint Shaymananad prabhu

Nidhi van : A place where Bankebihari ji appeared, A place where shree Haridas ji samadi is and if you can re-visit Banke bihari ji and RAdha raman it would be great , there are other places in vrindavan but if would  be hectic to complete in one days , so limit your self and focus on what you visit !!




Note : if you going on Kartik Purninma , Please visit those temple between 6:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m ,amazing experience , and Most importantly join Mahaprabhu procession which happened once in a year and that is only on Kartik Purnima

B.Govardhan :

Govardhan is most important place for the devotees and Devotion , you can do the govardhan parikrama by walk or hiring a bicycle or in a CAR( Please don't honk :)) , would request you to do this parikrama with any of the known person who has done this before and could explain  the significance of all the major  place ,else you will miss tons of items , Most importantly , where you start the parikrama that is the place you have to end your prakrama and you start by the dandvat and you end by the  dandvat!

the Major places you have to visit in Govardhan Parikrama

- Kusum Sarovar
- Manasi Ganga
- Puchari ka Lauta(also known as Lauta baba  , if you dont stop by then your yatra is not finish)
- Govardhan Mukh
-RAdha kund and Shyam Kund (Most important Part in Entire Vraj Mandal),
  please visit sanatan goswami samadhi which is at the bank of radha kund (without forget)
Radh Kund 

Kusum Sarovar
Manasi Ganga

C. Nand Gau & Mathura :
Mathura has three major place ,1. Dwarika Dish temple 2.Vishram Ghat , 3. Janmabhumi
 if you want to eat something  , then please Visit "Shakar" its a Methai shop right by the main gate , there is also Brajwasi Outlet and its a good place to eat,
 you can get any local guide to explain some details , please fix the Rate before you hire then to avoid chaos later


 D. Gokul & Barsana :
 both will be done in one day , you can get any local guide to explain some details , please fix the Rate before you hire then to avoid chaos later


 Links for  Vrindavan  : these are some information of Vrindavan Devotion , if you have time you can view or Read the story behind them ,it will give some more information ,  will keep adding this section 

1.  Six Goswami ji: The Six Goswamis uncover many purportedly ancient and sacred areas of land in     Vrindavan , Under the Guidance of Shree Chaintanya mahaprabhu they uncover the Vrindavan and the Top most method of Devotion , they are the one whose teaching and method of devotion is been followed all over the world , Little explanation as below 

2. History and Story about Radha Raman Temple and their Kitchen :A deity which is been self manifested for Gopal Bhatt Goswami , one of the Six Goswami



Please chant as many times as possible during your visit





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