Sacred Places of Interest

Introduction    Krishna Balarama Mandir and ISKCON     Kaliya Ghata
Radha Madan Mohan     Banke Bihari     Radha Vallabha     Seva Kunja
Imli Tala     Radha Damodara, Jiva and Rupa Goswami's Samadhi's and Bhajan Kutira
Radha Syamasundara     Radha Raman     Radha Gokulanada     Kesi Ghata
Radha Gopinatha     Gopisvara Mahadeva     Vamsi Vata     64 Samadhis
Radha Govinda      Nandagram     Varsana

Radharamana Temple

This is the famous temple of Gopala Bhatta Goswami. The seva puja of Radharamana was established in 1542, after the Deity self-manifested from a salagrama-sila. Also kept in this temple is the wooden sitting place (choki) and shawl (chaddar) of Lord Chaitanya that He gave as a gift to Gopala Bhatta Goswami.

Once, on Lord Narasimhadeva's appearance day a rich business man made an offering of clothes, crowns, and jewellery to Gopala Bhatta Goswami, who lamented that as he was worshiping salagrama-sila (which is round just like a stone), he could not utilize such articles like the other Goswamis were in dressing their Deities. Lamenting in this way, the Goswami took rest.

Early the next morning, when he came to bathe his salagrama-silas, he discovered that one of the silas had transformed into the most beautiful Deity of Krishna, who had manifest Himself out of love, just to receive worship from Gopala Bhatta Goswami. Radharamana means “one who gives pleasure to Radha,”, and is one of the many names of Lord Krishna. There is no Deity of Radharani in this temple, but a crown is kept next to Krishna signifying Her presence.

Timings:
Summer—Mangala 4 am; Darsana 8 am -12:30 pm and 6 pm-8 pm
Winter—Mangala 5:30 am; Darsana 8 am -2:30 pm and 6 pm-8 pm

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