{"id":721,"date":"2014-06-05T11:16:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T05:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2014-06-05T11:16:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T05:46:35","slug":"notes-from-mathura-vrindavan-govardhan-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/05\/notes-from-mathura-vrindavan-govardhan-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Mathura-Vrindavan-Govardhan trip."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I visited <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mathura\" target=\"_blank\">Mathura<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vrindavan\" target=\"_blank\">Vrindavan<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Govardhan\" target=\"_blank\">Govardhan<\/a>\u00a0with my parents in February.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its advised to take the Yamuna expressway if traveling from Noida, it takes few hours &amp; road trip across paddy\/sugarcane fields looks lovely.<\/li>\n<li>Other way is to travel via DTC bus from Kashmiri Gate or Local train.<\/li>\n<li>All the 3 locations are nearby(when in personal vehicle) to each other &amp; you can expect bumpy &amp; crowded ride.<\/li>\n<li>Prem Mandir in Vrindavan is totally unique its built by <span style=\"color: #252525;\">guru Kripalu Maharaj. They have a clean canteen with food in reasonable price. We had our food here once we were done with our entire trip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I loved Banke Bihari Temple for its uniqueness &amp; honestly it added more faith in Lord Krishna after seeing all those devotees in big queues. I always avoided visiting temple where i have to wait for darshan. I am in Mumbai &amp; yet to visit Siddi Vinayak because of it.<\/li>\n<li>Sweets especially Petha\/Peda is must try along with chai in kullhar.<\/li>\n<li>Krishna Temple is mathura has major security around because of the disputed mosque next to it.<\/li>\n<li>Govardhan also has many temples &amp; its famous for the 21 KM parikrama(walk) which i happily escaped.<\/li>\n<li>Also there is a Van(forest) which everyone believes even \u00a0now Krishna comes every night for his <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rasa_lila\" target=\"_blank\">ras leela with Gopis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I also visited banks of Yamuna, i wish government could care more about it.<\/li>\n<li>Last not the least, stay away from the pandas(priests) who claims to perform special puja for you and your ancestors. Most of them are touts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Some Random Clicks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamuna-express-way1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-728\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamuna-express-way1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Yamuna Expressway, early morning.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamuna-express-way1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamuna-express-way1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yamuna Expressway, early morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kullhar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-724\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kullhar-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Kullhar (earthen pots) before entering to Mathura Temples.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kullhar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kullhar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kullhar.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea Kullhar (earthen pots) before entering to Mathura Temples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-722\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/banke-bihari.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-722\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/banke-bihari-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Banke Bihari Temple\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/banke-bihari-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/banke-bihari.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banke Bihari Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sweet-shop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-725\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sweet-shop-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet shop with Petha, Samosa &amp; others in display. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sweet-shop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sweet-shop.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet shop with Petha, Samosa &amp; others in display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/temple-with-priest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-726 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/temple-with-priest-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"temple with priest\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/temple-with-priest-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/temple-with-priest-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/temple-with-priest.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little priest on one of the krishna temple on Yamuna bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gowardhan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-723 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gowardhan-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Parents taking much needed  rest in Govardhan temple.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gowardhan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gowardhan.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parents taking rest in temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visited Mathura\u00a0&#8211;Vrindavan&#8211;Govardhan\u00a0with my parents in February.\u00a0 Its advised to take the Yamuna expressway if traveling from Noida, it takes few hours &amp; road trip across paddy\/sugarcane fields looks lovely. 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