History of Vrindavana
Introduction
The Lord Descends Discovery
of Vrindavana by Lord Chaitanya
Srila Prabhupada
The Sacred River Yamuna
Vrindavana Parikrama
The Six Goswamis Who
is Lord Chaitanya? Who are Radha
and Krishna?
The beautiful
Yamuna, India's most sacred river flows
through the transcendental land of Vrindavana. A bath in this river is said to be
one hundred times more purifying than a bath in the Ganges. The reason being
that even though the Ganges was once touched by the feet Lord Vishnu, it was the
Yamuna where Lord Krishna Himself played and swam with His cowherd boyfriends.
He also sported in its waters with the beautiful gopi damsels of Vraja.
Starting
from high up in the Himalayan mountains at Yamunotri, the river Yamuna slowly
makes its way to the plains of India until it reaches Sri Vrindavana dhama.
Formally, this river use to encircle Vrindavana, but now only touches this holy
town on two sides leaving many of the ancient ghatas high and dry. Pilgrims
still flock to these most sacred ghatas and touch their heads to the sand, which
is accepted to have the same effect as actually bathing in the holy river. The
traditional bathing place of most pilgrims is at Kesi ghata, where Lord Krishna
bathed after killing the Kesi demon. The Yamuna has been flowing here at Kesi
ghata since ancient times. One who takes bath in the river Yamuna is freed from
all past sins and contamination of this material world. That person will also
gradually become a pure devotee and achieve liberation by returning to the
spiritual world to personally associate with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
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