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

Vamsi Vata (Banyan Tree)

This is the famous place mentioned in innumerable songs where Lord Krishna came on the beautiful full moon night of the sarat season (Autumn), and called all the gopis of Vrindavana to dance with Him, simply by playing an enchanting melody on His transcendental flute. Vamsi means flute and vata means Banyan tree.

There used to be a banyan tree standing here from the time of Lord Krishna, but about 450 years ago, the Yamuna flooded and washed the tree away. Paramananda Goswami collected one of the branches and planted it at the same spot. While planting the branch, he discovered the Deity of Gopinatha. This Deity was originally installed 5,000 years ago by Vajranaba, the grandson of Lord Krishna. The tree he planted is still there today.

Timings:
Summer—Mangala 4 am; Darsana 6 am-11 am and 5 pm-9 pm
Winter—Mangala 6 am; Darsana 8 am -1:00 pm and 4 pm -7:30 pm

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