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Food Guide In Mathura

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Vegetarian food is what you get, in various permutations and combinations. Snacks and mini meals are the popular fare with aloo-puri, chana-bhatura, hing-ki-kachori and paneer pakora being the front runners. Breakfast consists of crisp jalebis and bedmi (a spiced puri).
The sweet lovers are in for a treat with pedhas, laddoos, rabri, khurchan, kalakand, balushahi and kheer being just a few of the favourites.

Sweets and Namkeens:
Mathura, the holy city, is a land of cows. Its sweetmeats, especially milk-based sweets are very famous. ‘Mathura Pedas’ (a type of sweet-meat) are renowned all over India.
Shikanji, lassi and milk are the beverages on offer.

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Shopping in Mathura

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The city bazaars are full of shops with what we call ‘Krishna-ware’! Mathura is also famous for sculptures, hand-embroidered cloth, silver ornaments, textiles and handicrafts, so pick up some sarees or jewellery when visiting. Additionally, the city has tons of Krishna-related material like pictures, rings, necklaces and pendants.

The Radha Dhiraj Bazaar, adjacent to the Dwarkadheesh Temple, is the place to buy some silver jewellery.
Holi Gate Darwaza is the main shopping area selling everything from eatables and clothes to stationery and handicrafts (Hand made embroideries are also famous in Mathura as are the numerous sculptures and images, paintings, rings and malas dedicated to Lord Krishna) and other deities.
Krishna Janmabhoomi is popular for its bangles. The holy pendants and rosaries in all shapes and sizes and around temples there are lots of stalls selling flowers, incense sticks and ‘prasad’ along with prayer books to be offered to the deities of the temples.
Shankar Halwai and BMB are famous for the Mathura pedha and anyone can point them out to you.

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Brahmosava Festival In Mathura

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Brahamosava festival is celebrated at ranganath temple. The place is truly a tourist’s paradise. This is organized during the months of March and April. One can get a close insight into the culture of India and the enthusiasm of the people of the region.

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Braj Yatra Fair in Mathura

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Braj yatra commences one day after janmashtami and lasts for 50 days after the commencement. During this yatra the devotees of lord Krishna follows 30 rules such as to walk barefoot, sleep on the floor, abstain from sex, intoxicants, greed and anger, have ritual baths and listen to Krishna’s exploits, sing kirtans (hymns) in his praise, and visit and worship holy sites. According to the Matasya Purana, there are 25,000 tirthas (shrines) within Brajamandala. The spiritual merit accruing out of this pilgrimage is immense. It is believed that those who undertake the parikrama are delivered from all sins, and gain salvation.

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Janmashtami Festival in Mathura

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Janmashtami is the biggest festival of Mathura and it is held on a grand scale. Hindus celebrates Lord Krishna’s birthday as Janmashtami on the eighth day of the darker half of the month in July/August. People enact the many legends during the time of Lord Krishna and folklore and recitals take place throughout the night. In Mathura, thousands of devotees gather to offer prayer and the atmosphere is electric. At midnight, the time when Lord Krishna was born in a prison, the celebrations reach a crescendo.

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Holi Featival In Mathura

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People from all corners of India, rather, world gather at Mathura every year to feel the essence of Holi in the land of Krishna. Holi is celebrated in the temples before it is celebrated on the streets, as it is considered auspicious to play with the Lord, first. This festival is preceded by performances that last well over a week. Artists from various parts of the country gather here to perform raas leela, or dance recitals depicting Krishna’s flirtatious interlude with the gopis, or the village maidens. During a full-moon day at the time of February and March, people throw color dye on one another and enjoy the day in merriment.

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Kusuma Sarovara Peaceful Place Near Mathura

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Kusuma Sarovara is a 25 minutes walk from Radha Kunda. After going to Radha Kunda one can spend a relaxing hour here. It is a peaceful place, which not many people visit. Kusuma Sarovara is 460 feet long and the platforms go out 60 feet into the water. Kusuma means “flower,” and here the gopis would pick flowers for Krishna. Kusuma Sarovara is the best swimming spot in Braja.

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Sati Burj Beautiful Place Mathura

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The four storeyed tower was erected by Raja Bhagwan Das on the right bank of the Yamuna at Sati Ghat. Sati Burj is 17 mt. high, built of red sandstone in 1570 AD, is a slim tower which commemorates the death of a noble lady - widow of Raja Bihari Mal of Amer who committed sati.

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Agra Holy Place Near Mathura

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Agra is 47 km southeast of Mathura. It was the one-time capital of the Mughal rulers and is also known to be as Taj Agra just because of having a wonder of world present there. It also has a number of monuments belonging to the Mughals.

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Krishna Balarama Mandir Beautiful Temples Near Mathura

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This temple is built by the International Society for Shri Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), it is one of the most beautiful temples in Vrindavan. This beautiful marble temple was constructed twenty years ago. The principal deities of this temple are Krishna, his brother Balram and Radha (Krishna’s consort). In front of the temple is the Samadhi Mandir of Srila Prabhupada. This is where his body was laid to rest after he passed away in 1977. His house has been turned into a museum. There is also a guesthouse, restaurant, gurukula and goshalla.

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Seva Kunja Beautiful Place Near Mathura

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It is the place where lord Krishna performed rassleela with raadha rani decorating her hairs with flowers. Radha and Krishna would sometimes spend the night here dancing with the gopis and enjoying transcendental pastimes.

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Radhakund Famous Place Near Mathura

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It is 26 kms west from Mathura. Radhakund, a large lake where Lord Krishna is supposed to have killed the bull demon. To celebrate this event, every year on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Kartik (Oct. /Nov.), there’s a large fair held at this spot.

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Baldeo Beautiful Place Near Mathura

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20 km south east of Mathura is Baldeo, on the road to Sadabad. The name is derived from the temple built here, dedicated to Lord Krishna’s elder brother Balaram.

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Mahaban Beautiful Place Near Mathura

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Mahaban or the ‘great Forest’ is almost 9 kms from Mathura. 18 kms from Mathura, in the Mahaban, lies the famous shrine of Mathuranath.

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Barsana Heritage Place Near Mathura

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Nandgaon- Lord Krishna’s village, Nandgaon is 56 kms from Mathura while at a distance of 50 kms from Mathura lies his companion Radha’s village barsana. These villages are located at the base of the hills with stairs leading to temples. The temples in Barsana include the Radha Rani temple or “Ladliji” temple while Nand Rai, built in the 18th century is the main temple at Nandgaon.

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Govardhan Heritage Place Near Mathura

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Govardhan is situated 26 km west of Mathura on the state highway to Deeg. A famous place of Hindu pilgrimage, Govardhan is located on a narrow sandstone hill known as Giriraj which is about 8 km in length. Pilgrims go barefoot around this hill for prayers. It is said that young krishna held giriraj up on the fingertip on one leg for seven days and seven nights to shield the people of Braj from the deluge of rain sent down by Lord Indra. Next to Govardhan lies the Mansi Ganga, a tank built by Raja Bhagwan Das of Amber in 1637.temples of Haridev and the Kusum sarovar (lake) are next to it, besides which are the chhatris or cenotaphs of the kings of Bharatpur. Chhatri of Raja Surajmal is worth seeing.

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Gokul Heritage Place Near Mathura

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One of the most eminent of Krishna’s abodes, Gokul, lies 15 kms south east of Mathura, on the Mathura-Etah metallic road. This is the place where Lord Krishna was brought up by Yashoda secretly, in a small village by the Yamuna. The most important place to visit, while in Gokul is the Nanda Krishna palace, house of Krishna’s foster father.

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Vrindavan Heritage Place Near Mathura

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Vrindavan is a very famous heritage site of India and also famous by the name of Lord Krishna. It is 10 kms from Mathura and it is associated with the childhood exploits of Lord Krishna. Like Mathura, Vrindavan is also famous for its temples. Vrindavan also comprise a principal part of the Krishna legend and is considered a sacred Hindu pilgrimage site. It has more then hundreds of shrines, several ghats and many tanks.

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Getting Around in the City in Mathura

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Travelers can make use of auto-rickshaws and cycle-rickshaws to move around the city.
One can also take auto-rickshaw to the other places nearby to city. It is also possible to rent a car from the bigger hotels. The rates are usually quoted for half a day or full day. The charges may also be based on mileage.

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Kalya Ghata in Mathura

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Here, Lord Krishna jumped from a big Kadamba tree into the Yamuna River, in order to chastise the Kaliya serpent who was poisoning the waters of the river, The kadamba tree that Krishna climbed is still here, even though the Yamuna does not flow here anymore, except during the rainy season when the river floods.

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