Govardhan Hill

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Govinda-kunda

Humiliated and afraid of the reactions for his having acted proudly,
the king of the demigods took hold of Govinda’s feet. With unabashed enthusiasm
 he then coronated Govinda as Lord of the cows by having Mother Surabhi bathe Him 
with water from the celestial Ganga. From the water of that bathing manifested
 Govinda-kunda, which, I hope, will always be visible before my eyes.

              Vraja-vilas-stava 74  Raghunatha dasa Gosvami

This is the celebrated kunda that was created when King Indra performed the bathing ceremony (abhiseka) of Lord Krishna. Indra became angry with the inhabitants of Vrndavana who had stopped the Indra-yajna on the advice of Krishna, and he sent devastating rainfall to Vrndavana to punish the Vrajavasis. But when he saw Krishna lift Govardhana Hill just like an umbrella he understood he had made a big mistake: he had foolishly challenged the authority of Krishna, who was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing like an ordinary child in the transcendental land of Vrndavana.

In order to satisfy the Lord, Indra came here with the celestial cow Surabhi. Accompanied by all the demigods of heaven, they performed a wonderful bathing ceremony of Lord Krishna and worshipped Him with all the paraphernalia fit for a King.

First Surabhi, the celestial cow, bathed Lord Krishna with her milk. While Indra’s elephant carrier, Airavata, bathed Indra with water from his trunk. Indra then bathed Lord Krishna with water from the Ganges, and one by one all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma and accompanied by their mothers, bathed the Lord. The accumulated water from the bathing ceremony created this sacred kunda, which became known as Govinda-kunda.

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