Yamuna River
Soulie Saturday #17: Just Row, My Friend (Boat Ride, Vishram Ghat, Mathura)
Boat Ride by the River Yamuna in Mathura. Just row, row my friend -- rise up and high with the waters, or keep low and bend. Watch out for the currents, the joys and the sorrows, emotions, pain, melancholy and exuberance; expressions of the heart, all God sent, to help you grow and strengthen, fortify, brace and transcend. Just row, row …
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Uttar Pradesh
Brahmand Ghat: Purani Gokul - Mahavan, Mathura
Just a few mtrs. ahead of Raman Reti and Nand Bhavan (next diary entry), along the banks of the river Yamuna is another sacred spot - the Brahmand Ghat . This is the spot where an infant Lord Krishna had shown the entire universe or Brahmand in his mouth to His mother Yashoda. That is how the place came to be known as the Brahmand Ghat. The Board explains …
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Yamuna Arti
Boat Ride along the River Yamuna in Mathura
After the stroll on the banks of the River Yamuna in the morning, evening saw us at the banks once again, this time to picture the city through a different lens – The Boat Ride. We are at the Vishram ghat (the main ghat of Mathura ), the best and perhaps the only place where one will find several different boats strapped up to the Yamuna riverfront. All the boats…
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Yamuna River
Temples on the Ghats of River Yamuna: Yam -Yamuna Temple and others
On the Yamuna River ghats , you will come across numerous temples dedicated to various deities in Hinduism . Presented below are some of these along with the ones that we spotted while our stroll on the Vishram Ghat of River Yamuna in Mathura . Yam-Yamuna Temple Located on the banks of River Yamuna, it is dedicated to the brother-sister sibling duo of Yam …
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Vishram Ghat
Yamuna River: Ghats of Mathura - Vishram Ghat
After freshening up at our hotel room , we head towards the first place in our Mathura itinerary - Vishram Ghat - the chief ghat of Mathura on the banks of the river Yamuna. The way to the river front is through narrow lanes and a fleet of stairs, lined by shops selling all kinds of religious paraphernalia on both sides of the pathway. Vitthal Dwar - Entr…
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