People of Barsana, Radha’s village, believe that Radha still …
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A dry kun in Vrindavan
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Near Yashoda Kund, a few old stone replicas of animals can be seen.…
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hown in this picture is Yashoda Kund. It is said that Yashoda, …
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Kusum Sarovar near Govardhan parvat (hill) is an architectural …
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A bird at Sankarshan Kund, Vrindavan
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Kunds or water bodies in Braj, near Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, …
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Since a large number of tourists visit Mansi Ganga, another kund …
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One of the ancient pillars of the Brahma Kund had been left …
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People of Barsana, Radha’s village, believe that Radha still comes to Roop Kund, another water body in the area, every night to take a dip in water before performing Raasleela with Krishna. This kund was last restored in the medieval age by Raja Todarmal,
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A dry kun in Vrindavan
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Near Yashoda Kund, a few old stone replicas of animals can be seen. Mythology says that these are Hao and Bilao demons who had come to Nandgaon, the village of Nand (father of Krishna), but were turned into stone before they could enter the village
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Hown in this picture is Yashoda Kund. It is said that Yashoda, Krishna’s mother, used to bring him and her elder son Balaram to bathe here. Braj Foundation now desilts the kunds in the area and has divided them into two parts. While one part is used to ba
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Kusum Sarovar near Govardhan parvat (hill) is an architectural marvel. The ghats at this kund and the buildings above the kund were built by Jawahir Singh, the king of Bharatpur, around 1764
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A bird at Sankarshan Kund, Vrindavan
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Kunds or water bodies in Braj, near Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, are believed to be divine. Shown in this picture is a pilgrim who drinks water from Radha and Shyam Kund. Folklore says that these kunds have water from every pilgrimage place in the world
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Since a large number of tourists visit Mansi Ganga, another kund and a pilgrimage site in the area, its water has become highly polluted. Though bathing in the kund is prohibited, its water is lifted with the help of pumps so that pilgrims can take shower
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One of the ancient pillars of the Brahma Kund had been left intact during the renovation to tell people how old the kund is
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The protesters included forest dwellers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Odisha and Arunachal Pradesh
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