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Ambikavan (Ambika-kanana)

The cowherd men came here to observe the Sivaratri celebration. They very devotedly began to worship the deity of Lord Siva and Ambika (Durga). The cowherd men spent the night here and while they were taking rest, a great serpent came and hungrily began to swallow Nanda Maharaja. Nanda Maharaja began to cry helplessly, “My dear son Krishna, please come and save me from this danger!” Krishna appeared on the scene and touched the serpent with His lotus feet. Immediately upon being touched by the lotus feet of Krishna, the serpent shed its reptilian body and appeared as a very beautiful demigod named Vidyadhara. Krishna asked “how did you get the body of a serpent?”

“My dear Lord,” Vidyadhara said, “in my previous life I was named Vidyadhara and was known all over the world for my beauty. Because I was a celebrated personality, I used to travel all over in my airplane. While traveling, I saw a great sage named Angira. He was very ugly, and because I was very proud of my beauty, I laughed at him. Due to this sinful action, I was condemned by the great sage to assume the form of a serpent.” (Krishna Book, 33)

How To Get Here This place is located in the northern outskirts of Mathura, close to the Yamuna.

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