India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit Rock Architecture at Mathura It was perhaps one of the earliest arts, which was widely sought after and imitated all over northern India only to be rivalled by works of Gandhara. Even today, tilas (the local name for large mounds) rise up within the […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Radha Kund, Govardhan, Mansi Ganga Lake, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281001, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Radha-Kund (English: “Radha’s pond”) is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mathura district. Following the sacred writing “Sri Upadeshamrita” (The Nectar of Instruction) by early 16th century saint Srila Rupa Gosvami of Vrindavan, a close associate […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Mathura school of art flourished under the Kushanas, who were great patrons of arts, and ruled over the northern India from a period of first to second century A.D. The Mathura school of art is renowned worldwide for its vivacity and assimilative character […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Mathura Buddhas represent one of the finest developments in Indian art. It is not just a diachronic sculpture but a medieval Indian sculptural descriptor where Buddha is depicted as just not a historical figure but a figure worthy of bowing down. The Mathura […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Vrindavan,Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit Manasi Ganga Kunda is traditionally the starting and the end point of the circumnavigational of Govardhana Hill. This kunda is considered more potent than the Ganges River, because by bathing in the Ganges River one gets liberation and by bathing here one achieves “Krishna […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Kusuma Sarovara is a 25 minutes walk from Radha Kunda. Edit Detail InformationEdit Kusum Sarovar is the must visit site in Mathura. Kusum Sarovar is actually a 450 feet long tank that belongs to the era of Lord Krishna. Kusum Sarovar is 60 feet deep and has numerous flights of […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit Krishna Janmasthan or Kesava Deo Temple is a temple situated in Mathura, India, and is among the sacred of Hindu sites. It was built in Mathura over the prison which was believed to be the birth place of Lord Krishna. In contemporary memory, it […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Sri Krishna-Balaram Mandir is in the holy city of Vrindavan. Vrindavan is about 11 kilometres from the town of Mathura. Edit Detail InformationEdit Sri Krishna-Balaram Mandir is a Hindu Gaudiya Vaishnava temple Vrindavan. It is one of the main ISKCON temples in India and internationally. Hare Krishnas from all over […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Government Museum, near. Dampier Park, Mathura, India.Edit Detail InformationEdit Government museum exposes some of the unique artefacts of Mathura school and it turns to be the most popular tourist destinations in the city. Established in the year 1874, this museum is a best podium for those who love to do research […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Govardhan is a hill located near the town of Vrindavan, in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Govardhan Hill the famous pilgrimage center lies on a tapered sandstone hill known as Giriraj is Govardhan Hill. The term Govardhana means ‘which increases the senses’. Most of the tales […]