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Santanu Kunda (Satona-grama Village) This is the place where King Santanu performed austerities to get Bhismadeva as his son. He received the benedictions that he would get a son who would be famous throughout the world and who would be able to choose the time of his death. Maharaja Santanu begot Bhismadeva from the womb of his wife, Ganga-devi. It is said that Krishna would come to this kunda and play with the cowherd boys on its bank. The village that Santanu Kunda is located in is called Satona-grama (Satoha). There is a temple here situated on a hill, in the center of Santanu Kunda. There is a black Deity of Krishna in this temple called Santanu-bihari Krishna, standing alone with His flute. At His feet is a collection of shalagram shilas. Many childless couples come to worship this Deity and pray for children. Women who desire to become pregnant come here to worship on any Sunday that falls on the seventh lunar day. Women first bathe in the kunda and then they draw swastikas with cow dung or vermilion on the rear wall of the Santanu-bihari Temple. How To Get Here To get here from Vrindavana you get on the main Delhi-Agra road (Mathura by-pass road) and go towards Agra. You drive for about 15 minutes and then make a right onto the road to Govardhana (Govardhana Marg). You drive about 2½ km and the village of Satona-grama (Santanu Kunda) is on the right side. This village is also called Satcha. 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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