Braj Darshan

 Vrindavan is located in Uttar Pradesh state and is pilgrimage centre for Hindus. It is the holy land of Lord Krishna who spend his life in company of gopis and Radha It is located 90 kilometers from Delhi and only 15 kilometers from Mathura. Surrounded with many temples big and small, one of this is the Govinda Dev Mandir located in the holy city of Vrindavan. The other name for this is Govind Deva Temple. How to Reach Govind Dev Temple in Vrindavan The story behind the deity of Lord Govinda is believed as follows, once Rupa Goswami was very sad and he was sitting on the bank of the Yamuna river and crying, he was calling out the name of Great Lord Chaitanya. Then it is believed he saw the great Lord Krishna dressed as a young brijbasi boy. He had conversation with him, the boy told Rupa Goswami that there is cow who came to graze to nearby hill and it emptied milk on a particular hole there. The young boy then took Rupa Goswami to the place on the hill to see what was in the hole...

  Swami Haridasji Swami Haridasji was born on Radha Ashtami in Haridaspur near Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh in1535 Vikrami(1478 A.D.). Their kulguru or family guru Sri Garhacharya visited Brij secretly for the naming ceremony of Krishna and Balram. Though some of Haridasji’s family migrated to Multan in Pakistan, his father Ashudhir settled near Brij in Aligarh. While children of his age would play and read, he was more into meditation. It is believed that Swami Haridas was the reincarnation of Lalita ‘sakhi’ or female friend, the inner consortium of Lord Krishna. Though he was married at the right age to Harimati, he kept aloof from all worldly pleasures and diverted all his concentration to meditation. It is also said that Harimatji also followed the footsteps of her husband and prayed intensely only to enter the heavenly abode through the flame of a small lamp . One cannot therefore find any physical remains. Upon reaching Vrindavan, Haridasji chose a secluded spot to enjoy eternal ...