Mathura, Madhuvan & Talavan Archives - The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/category/holydham/vrajamandala/mathura/ Jei Gaura sei Krishna sei Jagannath Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-GTB-LOGO-1-32x32.jpg Mathura, Madhuvan & Talavan Archives - The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/category/holydham/vrajamandala/mathura/ 32 32 Balabhadra temple, Talavan (Tarsi), Mathura | Balarama kills Dhenukasura | Vraja Mandala https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/10/23/balabhadra-temple-tarsi-talavan-mathura-vraja-mandala/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:10:24 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=7370 About 5 Kilometers south of Maholi (Madhuvan) and 10 Kilometers south of Mathura, is situated the village of Tarsi, whose ancient name was Talavan. Over here are worshiped beautiful deities of Lord Balarama (Dauji) and Revati devi. Next to the temple lies ‘Balabhadra Kunda’, which is also sometimes referred to as ‘Sankarshana Kunda’. It was […]

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]]> Shatrughna temple & Lavanasura’s cave, Madhuvan (Maholi), Mathura | Vraja Mandala https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/10/20/shatrughna-temple-lavanasuras-cave-maholi-mathura-madhuvan/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:51:43 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=7357 There is a small temple in Maholi dedicated to Shatrughna, the younger brother of Lord Rama, and Shrutakirti, Shatrughna’s wife. Shatrughna, the youngest brother of Rama, was the son of Dasaratha and Sumitra. The deity in this temple dates back to Treta Yuga. It was installed by local brahmanas after Shatrughna conquered Lavanasura and other […]

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]]> Dhruva tila, Madhuvan (Maholi), Mathura | Dhruva Maharaja attains Dhruvaloka https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/10/19/dhruva-tila-maholi-mathura-madhuvan/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:04:54 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=7340 ‘Dhruva’ refers to Dhruva Maharaja and the word ‘tila’ translates to a small hill. ‘Dhruva tila’ is a small hill situated at the actual place where Dhruva Maharaja had performed severe austerities to please the Supreme Lord in Satya Yuga. Subsequently, he had attained the darshan of the Supreme Lord at this very place. The […]

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]]> Potra Kunda, Mathura (Near Krishna Janmasthan) – where Krishna’s clothes were washed https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/10/16/potra-kunda-mathura-near-krishna-janmasthan-temple/ Sun, 16 Oct 2022 15:18:44 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=7335 On the southeast of the Krishna Janmasthan temple in Mathura is a large and deep stepped water tank known as Potra Kunda or Pavitra Kunda. The word ‘Potra’ means clothes and the word ‘Pavitra’ means sacred. Sri Vasudeva and Devaki used to bathe here during their time in Kansa’s prison. It is said that mother […]

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]]> Krishna Janmasthan temple (Krishna Janmbhoomi), Mathura | Lord Krishna’s birthplace https://thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2022/10/14/krishna-janmbhoomi-sri-krishna-janmasthan-temple-mathura/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:24:08 +0000 https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/?p=7327 The foremost pilgrimage site of Mathura is the ‘Krishna Janmbhoomi temple’ or ‘Sri Krishna Janmasthan temple’ as it is sometimes referred to. It is built around the prison cell where Lord Krishna was born five thousand years ago. Krishna’s parents Devaki and Vasudeva were imprisoned in this cell by Kansa, the tyrannical brother of Devaki. […]

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