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Radha-Krishna, Vrindavan
Also known as Krishna, Prem Mandir, Prem Mandir — Vrindavan, Radha, Radha-Krishna, Vrindavan
The modern Prem Mandir ('Love Temple') at Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, built by the Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat trust founded by Kripalu Maharaj (1922-2013) between 2001 and 2012 — a 55-metre-tall white Italian marble complex in Nagara style, with the entire exterior and interior covered in sculpted Krishna-Radha scenes from the Bhagavata Purana. The temple is one of the largest modern Krishna temples in India, drawing over 50,000 daily pilgrims. The Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP) also runs the Bhakti Mandir at Mangarh and the Kirti Mandir at Barsana, together forming the Kripalu Maharaj temple network. The temple's underground sanctum, the five-storey Shikhara and the LED-light fountain show at the entrance are distinctive modern features. The temple remains a major devotional destination for the Krishna devotional-tourism industry of Vrindavan.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 27.570, 77.676
Connections (2)
- Site withinVrindāvan
Radha-Krishna, Vrindavan sits inside Vrindāvan and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinMathurā
Radha-Krishna, Vrindavan lies within Mathurā — the two sites sit about 9 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Radha-Krishna, Vrindavan is one of the specific sites that give Mathurā its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
Sources
Wikipedia, “Radha Krishna”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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