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Nandagram (Nandgaon) Krishna lived here from the age of seven to ten. Nanda Maharaja built his house on top of the large hill here to protect Krishna from the demons sent by King Kamsa. Nanda Maharaja and the other cowherd men decided to move from Gokula to here because of the disturbances caused by demons trying to kill Krishna. The hill that the main temple is on is called Nandisvara Hill. Lord Siva prayed to Krishna to be allowed to witness his transcendental pastimes. After Lord Siva performed penances for many centuries Lord Krishna asked him what he wanted. He told Krishna that he wanted to be a mountain in Vrindavana so that the gopis would step on him and they would leave the dust of their feet on him. Krishna granted him this boon and Lord Siva became this hill. Nandagram is built upon him. Parjanya Maharaja, the grandfather of Krishna, was instructed by Narada Muni to come to Nandisvara Hill. He performed austerities here for many years. After this, Parjanya stayed here with his family. Nanda Maharaja and his community lived in Nandagram before Krishna appeared. There was a meeting of the residents led by Upananda, the elder brother of Nanda Maharaja, and they decided to go to Gokula. After Krishna became seven years old the family moved back to here. When Krishna and Balarama came to Nandagram this was the first time they took out the cows for grazing. Before coming to Nandagram they only took out the calves for grazing. Most of the gopis got married in Nandagram, Varsana or Javat. At one time there were many kunds in the area of Nandagram, but many of the kunds have disappeared. On Rangili Holi, on the 10th day of the bright half of Phalguna, the day after Holi is celebrated in Varsana, Holi is celebrated here. It is an exciting, popular festival. How To Get Here Nandagram is 48km (29 miles) northwest of Vrindavana. The name of the town at Nandagram is Nandgaon. The easiest way to get here is to take a taxi, which takes about an hour. To get here by public transportation from Vrindavana you first take a public bus to the town of Kosi (40 km) and from there you take a tempo to Nandgaon, which is 8km away. The Braja Darsana bus comes here after stopping in Varsana. This bus departs at 8 am from the Vrindavana bus stand and also stops near the front of the ISKCON temple. Practicalities
in Visiting Nandagram There is a dharamshala (a basic hotel for pilgrims) across from Lalita Kunda, on the road that goes to Varsana. Getting
Around Directly south of the hill is the main village area. The Narasimhadeva temple and Yasoda’s yogurt pot are in this area. Further south, in the outskirts of the village, is Yasoda Kunda and Nanda Kunda. To the east of the Nandisvara hill, just across the road next to the hill, is Lalita Kunda. A little south of Lalita Kunda is Uddhava Kyari. East of Nandagram, about 1½ km into the fields, is Ter Kadamba, which is a fairly difficult place to get to. Charan Pahari, where the footprints of Krishna are enshrined, is west and a little south of Nandisvara hill. About a kilometre west of Nandagram is Vrinda Kunda, which is located in a secluded place. Sri
Caitanya and Nandagram Hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy. After excavating the cave, He saw three deities. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered His respects to Nanda Maharaja and mother Yasoda, and with great ecstatic love He touched the body of Lord Krishna. Every day the Lord chanted and danced in ecstatic love. (Caitanya Caritamrita) Nanda
Bhavan or Nandagram Temple On the ceiling of the inner dome of this temple are many paintings depicting Krishna’s pastimes. This temple is on top of the Nandisvara hill. Many people visit this temple. How To Get Here This temple is on top of the hill and you can see it clearly from the road. Nandisvara
Temple Once Lord Siva came to the house of Nanda and Yasoda and asked to see child Krishna. When Yasoda saw his frightening appearance (Lord Siva has ashes, snakes and bones on him) she would not allow him to enter. He tried to persuade her to see Krishna, but she would not agree. Lord Siva then left and went to the forest to meditate on Krishna. In the house, child Krishna started to cry and no one could stop Him. Mother Yasoda realized that maybe because she did not receive a guest properly there was some reaction. She then sent everyone to go find the tantric yogi who had come to her house earlier. After a short while they returned with Lord Siva. When Lord Siva came before Krishna, He immediately stopped
crying and smiled brilliantly. Mother Yasoda then said to Lord Siva
“My son has finally stopped crying, what can I do for you.”
Lord Siva replied that he just wanted to be able to see child Krishna
and to be able to eat the remnants of His food. Even today the priests
of the Nandagram temple offer the remnants of what was offered to
Lord Krishna to the How To Get Here This temple of Lord Siva is in the same enclosure as the main Nandagram Temple on top of the hill. Pavana
Sarovara Radharani would come to cook for Krishna every morning on the bank of this kunda. There is a well here from which Srimati Radharani drew water from, when She would cook for Krishna. Because She had received a benediction from Durvasa Muni that whoever ate Her cooking would never become ill, mother Yasoda would always try to arrange that Srimati Radharani would cook for her son. The bhajan kutir of Sanatana Gosvami is near the bank of this kunda. This place is near the Pavana-bihari Temple. It is said that Krishna came to Sanatana Gosvami and told him that in a cave on Nandisvara hill there were deities of Nanda Maharaja, Mother Yasoda, Krishna and Balarama. Sanatana Gosvami had these deities installed in a temple on top of Nandisvara hill. There is also the puspa-samadhi of Akincina Krishnadas Babaji, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja, next to this kunda. He pasted away at Nandagram. There is also the sitting place of Vallabha Acharya here. How To Get Here This kunda is across the road, north of the Nandagram temple. Everyone knows where it is located. To get to Sanatana Gosvami’s bhajana kutir, if you are going toward Vrinda Kunda, there is road that bears off to the right from the main road. Just where this road bears to the right, near the water pump, is a small path that leads to Pavana Sarovara. You take this path about 12m ( 40 ft) and then enter the first door on the left. There is no sign over this door. Moti
Kunda The story of this place given in the Garga-samhita is that Vrishabhanu sent Nanda Maharaja a golden tray full of pearls in order to test the wealth of Nanda before confirming the marriage of Radha and Krishna. Nanda Maharaja could not match the gift in return, so Krishna planted many pearls in the fields here. Trees full of pearls grew and Nanda Maharaja was able to offer a gift to Vrishabhanu in an equally lavish way. It is also said that this is the place where Krishna
grew his field of pearls, in order to outdo the gopis. This story
is mentioned in the Malyahari Kunda section of the Radha Kunda How To Get Here This place is on the same side of the Nandisvara Hill as Pavana Sarovara. If you just came down the steps from the Nandagram temple, you keep going straight down the road, passing Pavana Sarovara on the left. This kunda is about half a km down the road, on the right. Ksunnahar
Kunda Narasimha
and Varaha Temple Nanda Maharaja’s Lord Narayana Deity is also here, but this Deity is not on the altar or worshiped because it is disfigured. This Deity is located to the left of the altar. How To Get Here This temple is on the opposite side of Nandisvara Hill from Pavana Sarovara. The Deities are worshiped in a small house-like temple in the village. If you are coming from the Nandagram temple on top of the hill, you come down the steps and walk about 250m. This temple will be on your left hand side, set back from the road. It is down a lane, about 50m from the road. From Yasoda Kunda, you walk towards the main temple on top of Nandisvara Hill. The Narasimha temple is 300m away, on the right hand side. Yasoda’s
Yogurt Pot How To Get Here From the Narasimha temple you make a right onto the road. You then walk about 150m, taking the left fork in the road. You cross the road and walk 12m (40 ft) and the yogurt pot is located in a stone hut, which is about 15m (50 ft) from the road, in a small yard. It is not far from the steps that go up Nandisvara Hill to the Nandagram temple, on the other side of the hill (south side) from Pavana Sarovara. Yasoda
Kunda How To Get Here This kunda is about a half a km from Nandisvara Hill, on the same side of the hill as the Narasimhadeva temple. If you are coming from Varsana, you turn left down a dirt side road, about half a km before the main Nandagram Temple, to get to this kunda. This kunda is then about a half a km away, on the left side of the road. To get here from the Narasimha temple you make a left and walk away from Nandisvara hill (south). The road forks in two directions. If you take the main left road, after about 300m, at the intersection you make a right and go about 50m (150 ft). Yasoda Kunda is on your left about 50m (150 ft) from the road. If you take the right fork in the road, the road ends with this kunda in front of you. From the road it is hard to see this kunda. Haubilau There are four stone Hau statues here, which are about 70cm (2 ft) tall and 1m (3 ft) long. How To Get Here The place where the stone Haus are located is next to Yasoda Kunda, off the road. If you just came from the road and are standing next to Yasoda Kunda, the stone Haus are to your right, behind some trees. You can get to this place by turning right, just before entering the enclosure for Yasoda Kunda. You then walk about 30m (100 ft) and make a left, and the Haus are about 15m (50 feet) away. Nanda
Baithak (Baithana) and Nanda Kunda Whenever there was a problem concerning Krishna, Nanda Maharaja, Upananda and the other senior Brajabasis would meet here to solve the difficulties. Because the cowherd men would sit here, the place is known as Baithana. This place is in the same enclosure as Nanda Kunda. Nanda Kunda is where Nanda Maharaja would take bath There is a temple here. Sanatana Gosvami stayed here for a few days at the request of the local villagers. How To Get Here This place is on the same road as Yasoda Kunda, about a quarter km away. Most people know it as Nanda Baithak and not Nanda Kunda (so ask for Nanda Baithak). Nanda Baithak is in the same compound as Nanda Kunda. You have to go through a gate to get to these places from the road. Charan
Pahari How To Get Here From Pavana Sarovara, you head in the direction of the turn-off to Vrinda Kunda. From Pavana Sarovara it is about a km away, on the left hand side of the road, about 35m (100 feet) from the road. There is a 2m (6 ft) high structure over the footprint. Everyone in the area knows where this place is located. If you go west from the Narasimha temple or Yasoda Kunda (you turn left after leaving Yasoda Kunda) you will come to this place after about ¾ km. It is a little hard to find going this way, because the dirt roads here go in several different directions. Vrinda
Kunda and Gupta Kunda Gupta Kunda is considered to be one of the most important kunds in the Braja area. It is said to be one of the three yoga-pithas in Braja. The other two are at Radha Kunda and near the Govindaji temple in Vrindavana. A yoga-pitha is an eternal center of the Lord’s pastimes. It is said that Radha and Krishna meet in the morning at Gupta Kunda, during the mid-day at Radha Kunda and near the Radha Govinda temple in Vrindavana at night. There is an ancient Radha Krishna murti here, carved out of stone, that is said to have been established by Vajranabha, the great grandson of Krishna. This murti has been desecrated by the Muslims, so worship is no longer done to this murti. Every Monday the local villagers come and pour milk over this murti of Radha and Krishna. V rinda Kunda, Gupta Kunda and the small temple here are now in the care of ISKCON. Vrinda Kunda is about one km from the village of Nandgaon (Nandagram), not far from Pavana Sarovara. There is a good view of the Nandagram temple from Vrinda Kunda. The living facilities are very basic at the temple here, as there is no electricity. You can contact the mail out department at the ISKCON Vrindavana Temple to get more information about Vrinda Kunda. How To Get Here Vrinda Kunda is one km from Nandagram. To get to Vrinda Kunda you can take a taxi and stop at Varsana and Nandagram on the way. To get here from Vrindavana by public transportation you first take a public bus to the town of Kosi and from there you take a tempo to Nandgaon and then walk the remaining km from there. If you are at Nandagram and are on the road facing Pavana Sarovara you make a left and go about half a km. There is a road here that goes only to the right and there is a sign here that says Vrinda Kunda, which points to the right. You make a right here and go about a km. Vrinda Kunda will be on your left. There is a small temple here and kunds on both sides of the temple. Lalita
Kunda Next to this kunda, there is a temple with Deities of
Krishna, Radha (on the right), and Lalita (on the far right). It seems
that you can have darshan of the Deities in this temple at any time
during the day. There is a large concrete swing platform here, about
30m (100 feet) from Lalita Kunda. The pastime of this place is that Krishna warned Radharani that she should be careful about associating too closely with Narada Muni, because he is expert at instigating disputes between people. Radharani did not take his warning seriously. One day Narada Muni came to Braja hoping to be fortunate enough to see some of the Lord’s pastimes. Krishna, hearing the sweet singing of Narada, granted him a wish. Narada told Krishna that his only request was to see Lalita and Him sitting side-by-side swinging together. One day Radha was late in meeting with Krishna, so Krishna decided to fulfill the desire of Narada and swing with Lalita. Lalita did not want to do this, but Krishna insisted. Krishna then sat next to Lalita and they were swung together. Narada Muni saw them swinging together. He immediately went to he house of Srimati Radharani and told her that Lalita Devi was swinging with Krishna. He told her to go to Lalita Kunda and see what was happening. She immediately ran there and seeing Lalita and Krishna swinging together, she became very angry and ran away. Krishna then tried to pacify her, but she did not want to hear anything He had to say. He then told her that Narada Muni had requested Him to swing with Lalita, and that Narada was so expert at causing quarrels that he had fooled even her. He told her that He hoped that in the future She would not trust Narada again. How To Get Here This kunda is just off the road that goes from Nandagram to Varsana, not far from Uddhava Kyari. It is directly east of the Nanda Maharaja temple, on the other side of the road. Nanda
Maharaja’s Bagichi (Garden) How To Get Here This place is between Nandagram and Ter Kadamba. Ter
Kadamba (Sri Rupa Gosvami’s Bhajana Kutir) The bhajana-kutir of Rupa Gosvami is located here. He lived here for a while. There is a Ter Kadamba tree here that Rupa Gosvami is said to have sat under, when he wrote. How To Get Here This place is 1½ km east of Nandagram, off a dirt road, in the middle of some fields, completely by itself. It is between Nandagram and Javat. If you just came from Pavana Sarovara and made a right onto the road to Varsana, the road that goes to this place is the first dirt road on the left. Ter Kadamba is 1½ km (1 mile) down this road, on the left hand side. It is possible to drive to this place, but for the first 150m the road is pretty bad. To get here, you can ask for the Asesvara Mahadeva Temple, which is across the dirt road and down about 300m from this place. The place that marks where the bhajana kutir of Sanatana Gosvami is located is a 7m (21 ft) high brick building. Chaj
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