Mathura
Mathura: widely known as birth place of lord Krishna is located on the
western bank of river Yamuna at latitude 27degree 41 Minute N and 77Degree and
41 Minuet E. It is 145 Km south-east of Delhi and 58 Km north west of Agra in
the State of Uttar Pradesh. For about 3000 Year it was the hub of culture and
civilization.
It is at Vishram Ghat that the traditional parikrama (circumbulation of all
the important religious and cultural places of the city) starts and ends. The
12 ghats to the north of Vishram Ghat include the Ganesh Ghat, Dashashwamedh
Ghat with its Neelakantheshwar Temple, Saraswati Sangam Ghat, Chakratirtha Ghat,
Krishnaganga Ghat, Somatirth or Swami Ghat, Ghantagharan Ghat, Dharapattan Ghat,
Vaikuntha Ghat, Navtirtha or Varahkshetra Ghat, Asikunda ghat and Manikarnika
Ghat. To the south, there are 11 ghats - the Guptatirth Ghat, Prayag Ghat marked
by the Veni Madhav Temple, Shyam Ghat, Ram Ghat, Kankhal Ghat, the site of the
Janmashtami and Jhula festivals, Dhruva ghat, Saptrishi Ghat, Mokshatirth Ghat,
Surya Ghat, Ravan Koti Ghat and Buddha Ghat.
The Vishram Ghat is lined with elegant temples and some of Mathura's most important
shrines are found here - the Mukut Temple, Radha-Damodar, Murli Manohar, Neelkantheshwar,
Yamuna-Krishna, Langali Hanuman and Narasimha temples. The baithak of the great
Vaishnava Saint, Shri Chaitanya, is also near by.
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