9. Shri Shri Radha Damodar Temple
Established
in 1542 by Jiva Goswami, this temple is located at Seva Kunj. The temple is
said to be located in the central of the spiritual world. The Deities of Sri
Sri Radha Damodar were given to Srila Jiva Goswami by his guru, Srila Rupa
Goswami Prabhupada, and have been worshiped here since then.The
founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Srila
Prabhupada, spent his time here meditating on his mission and doing bhajans
before establishing the society.
This temple also has a
small shila depicting Giriraj (Govardhan hill). Sripad Sanatan Goswami used to
live in Vrindavan near Sri Radha Madanmohan temple. Everyday he would go to
Goverdhan hill from Vrindavan for parikrama. When he got old, even then he
carried on with this routine and continued with his parikrama. Seeing this, the
Lord himself appeared before him and told him that he was happy with his
devotion but that he did not need to do so any longer, and
should stay at Vrindavan and serve Radha Krishna. Srila Sanatan Goswami
said that if he did not go to Govardhan Hill, he felt pain and
grief. So Krishna gave him a Govardhan Sila with His foot print, flute,
stick and cows foot print on it and told Goswamipad that by doing
four Parikramas of this Govardhan Sila with the four signs you will get the
complete benefit of Govardhan Parikrama.
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