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Punchari Kund & Apsara Kunda Punchari
Kunda (Navala Kunda) On the bank of this kunda is the Navala-bihari temple. How To Get Here This kunda is right next to Apsara Kunda. This kunda is at the opposite end of Govardhana Hill from Radha Kunda. Apsara
Kunda On the bank of Apsara Kunda is the Apsara-bihari Temple. To the left of this temple is the Dauji (Balarama) temple. There is also a small Siva temple next to this kunda, with a Siva-linga in it called Apsara Iswara. Next to this is the forest called Apsara Vana How To Get Here This kunda is right next to Navala Kunda. This kunda is left of Navala Kunda. Narasimha
Temple You can get a great view of Govardhana Hill from the hill this temple is on. You can get an even better view from the top of the temple, if you can get up there. Rasa
Stali Raghava
Pandit’s Bhajana Kutir and Sutala Vana Forest If you go around the Nathaji temple you come to Mani Kandali Cave. It is said that Radha and Krishna used to have pastimes in this cave. The mouth of this cave is now sealed. Raghava Pandita, a close associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, used to do bhajana in this cave. He was a dear friend of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami. He knew most of Krishna’s pastime places in Braja. He is described in Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika as being Sri Campakalata Sakhi, one of the eight main gopis. He is one of the main personalities in Bhakti-ratnakara, by Narahari Cakravarti. He enjoyed guiding the followers from Bengal of Lord Caitanya around Braja Mandal. He guided Narottama Dasa Thakura and Srinivasa Acarya on a tour of Braja, which included Govardhana Hill. How To Get Here The Mani Kandali cave is close to Apsara Kunda. To get here you walk along the side of Apsara Kunda towards Govardhana Hill. The dirt path bents to the left and you walk about 170m (170 steps) You will then see a dirt path that goes left towards the main parikrama road, and right toward Govardhana Hill. You take the right path for about 50m towards Govardhana Hill. To your left will be the Nathaji Temple. In front of you and a little to the right, in the woods, is Sutala Kunda. If you walk straight and then go to the left, around the Nathaji Temple, you come to Mani Kandali cave. Punchari
Ka Lautha Baba Temple When Akrura was taking Krishna away to Mathura, Lautha asked Krishna when He would return. Krishna told him he would return the day after tomorrow. Lautha said he would not eat or drink anything until He returned. He is offered just water, but not any solid food. He then came to this place and sat down. This deity of Lautha is still waiting for Krishna to return. How To Get Here This temple is about
70m from Apsara Kunda, on the main parikrama path. It is a bigger
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