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Radha Gokulananda Temple Radha
Gokulananda Temple Originally, Viswanath Cakravarti worshiped the Deity of Gokulananda at Radha Kunda. He then moved to Vrindavana and stayed with Lokanatha Gosvami. Where this temple is located is where Lokanatha Gosvami would do his bhajana. When the original temple of Radha-Vinoda fell apart, Viswanath Cakravarti had another temple built and called it the Gokulananda Temple. Both his Deity of Gokulananda and Radha-Vinoda were worshiped here. There is a Govardhana-shila in this temple that was
given by Lord Caitanya to Raghunath Dasa Gosvami. This shila bears
the thumbprint of Lord Caitanya. He used to chant while holding the
shila, pressing it to His heart or eyes. The shila was always moist
with Lord Caitanya’s tears. He would place it on His head or
smell it. Lord Caitanya kept this shila for three years and then gave
it to Raghunatha dasa. This shila can be seen if you give a small
donation. Krishna Priya Thakurani, the daughter of Ganganarayan Chakravarti
(the disciple of Narottama dasa), got the service of worshiping Giridhara,
the Govardhana shila of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. This original Deity of Radha-Vinoda is now being worshiped
in Jaipur. The Deity was moved to Jaipur to protect the Deity from
an attack on Vrindavana by Muslims. This temple contains the pratibhu-murtis
of the original Deities. It is considered that there is no different
in potency between the original Deity and the pratibhu-murti. There are also the puspa samadhis of Sri Ganga Narayana Cakravarti and Krishnadeva Sarvabhauma. Krishnadeva, who was a disciple of Visvanatha Cakravarti, went with Baladeva Vidyabhusana to Jaipur, to uphold the right of Gaudiya Vaishnavas to worship Govindaji. Sri Ganga Narayana was one of the main disciples of Narottama dasa Thakur. Lokanatha Gosvami was a contemporary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Sri Caitanya took sannyasa, Lokanatha came to Vrindavana. While visiting the places of Krishna’s pastimes, while in the village of Umaraa in the forest called Chatavana, Lokanatha Gosvami discovered the Deity of Radha-Vinoda. Lokanatha’s samadhi is just north of the village of Umaraa, on the bank of Kishori Kunda. The Deity of Radha-Vinoda was revealed to him from this tank. Lokanatha Gosvami used to carry this Deity in a bag hanging from his neck. Lokanatha told Lord Caitanya that he did not want to take any disciples. Lord Caitanya told him that he would take only one and that he would send him to Lokanatha. When Narottama dasa came to Vrindavana, he was attracted to be initiated by Lokanatha Gosvami. Lokanatha Gosvami refused the repeated requests of Narottama to be initiated. Narottama acted as Lokanatha Gosvami menial servant. Every night Narottama cleaned and swept the bhajan kutir of Lokanatha, without his knowledge. He was finally pleased with Narottama and accepted him as his only disciple. Narottama dasa Thakur, Syamananda Prabhu and Srinivasa Acarya, by the order of Jiva Gosvami, took the original manuscripts of the Gosvami and brought them to Bengal to be copied. These devotees preached the teaching of Caitanya Mahaprabhu where ever they went with great enthusiasm. Visvanatha Cakravarti appeared in the Gaudiya Vaishnava line about a hundred years later. He wrote elaborate philosophical writings. How To Get Here This temple is between Keshi Ghata and the Radha-Raman temple. If you just came out of the Radha-Raman temple, you make a right and walk 135m. This temple is on your right. It looks like a temple. It has a small sign, above the door of the wall around the temple. After entering the doorway, the temple is on the right and the courtyard with the samadhis is on your left. Temple Timings Darshan is 8 am to 12 noon and 5.30 to 8 pm. Mangala arati is 5 am in the summer and 6 am in the winter. If you know of information that is not listed here, or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at: |
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