ISKCON’s 15th Annual Vraja Mandala Parikrama, Part 5

Day 9. Radhakund to Deeg. Our walk today took us out of Radhakund and on to Deeg, Rajasthan. We again visited Kusum Sarova, a large, beautiful kund on the parikrama path of Giriraja. Kusum means flower and Sarova means pond. Here gopis would come to pick flowers for Krsna.

Our stops also included Chakreswara Mahadeva temple. This Siva linga is one of the four presiding Siva lingas worshiped in Vraja. When Sanatana Goswami was thinking about moving from this place because of botheration due to mosquito bites, Lord Siva (Chakreswara) told him that the mosquitos would no longer disturb him. Even now this place is free from mosquitos.

Sanatana Goswami's Bhajan kutir. Sanatana Goswami lived here in his old age on the banks of Manasi Ganga. He worshipped Madan Mohan here before the temple was built and used to keep Him under a tree. He spent 43 years in Vraja, while writing many books, touring Vraja extensively, and rediscovering many lost pastime places of Radha Krsna.

Gantholi. This is the village where the Gopal deity (Srinathji) was once kept. Lord Caitanya came here for His darshan.

Bahaj, the village where Indra climbed down from his elephant and walked barefoot to Govinda kund after realizing his mistake of trying to harm the Vrajavasis.

Day 10. Deeg to Badrinath. Once Narada Muni and the cowherd men wanted to go on pilgrimage to the Himalayas. Krsna informed them that Badrinath and Kedarnath were manifested in Vraja and that the same benefits would be derived simply by visiting these places in Vraja.

Today we stopped at Kadambakanana, the area where the Surabhi, Indra, and Airvata kunds are situated.

Badri Narayan Mandir. The two deities Nara and Narayan are the Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Nara and Narayana Rishis, who have been undergoing great penances since time immemorial for the welfare of all living entities.

We will be staying here for two nights so that we can do parikrama of Badrinath tomorrow.

"Please offer my respects to all the dedicated and austere devotees who are blessing our movement by performing the Vraja Mandala Parikrama." (Message received from HH Kavicandra Swami)

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