A documentary of the area of Sri Radhakunda — the most sacred place in the universe. Produced by Bhakti Caitanya Swami
Visit the most holy of all holy places, Radhakunda. Lost to the world for almost fifty centuries, it was rediscovered in 1516 when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was on pilgrimage to Vraja. Today this small lake, found at the head of Govardhana Hill, attracts thousands of pilgrims every year.
Take a visual tour around Radhakunda, visiting the many sacred sites and temples along the way. This tour includes the Ashta Sakhi temple, the Radha Madhava temple, the Radhakanta temple, and many others.
Just in case if you missed watching any episode of our Uttarakhand Garhwal region — Char Dham yatra, i would suggest you to refer to our playlist and see them in series, other wise you may miss continuity.
In the last episode you saw we reached Badrinath Dham and did night stay at a camp near the temple.
In this episode you saw that we went to Mana village which is at a distance of 4 km from Badrinath Dham, spent half a day there, then we went to Shri Badrinath Dham, there after we started for Gurudwara Gobind Ghat.
Details of places visited by us, as shown in the video with additional information is given below for your ready reference.
Himalayan Camping Point: This is the place where we had our breakfast, they operate camps for night stay. This is 1 km before Mana village.
Following are the food items we had at this place, these food items are of Rongpa community which is part of Bhotia community, they are residents of Mana and NIti villey.
Bhumla (Plain rice seasoned with shahi jeera)
Kwakla (Sunder Kala handmade noodles seasoned with koch local herbs)
Price: 150 per person breakfast
Tent: 1000 for double bed
Address: 3 km away from Shri Badrinath Dham.
Location: tinyurl.com/y3wjurmk
Mob: 7579017763
9411391979
Mana Village: Though this place is so near to Badrinath Dham that you should not miss going to Mana village, ideally spend a day there and if you are short of time, atleast half a day.
Ganesh Gufa: This is the Gufa where Lord Ganesh sat down and wrote the Epic Mahabharata.
All the places in Mana village are near to each other, but yes you will have to walk down 1 or 2 km with in the village, you will love the scenic views from the village and will see the village as well.
Vyas Gufa: You must visit this cave, more than 5k years old, you will get the opportunity to learn about Maharishi Ved Vyas, Pandit ji, there is very knowledgeable he tries to explain about the things in detail to visitors of the Gufa ( cave).
You will have to trek for 3 km to reach this place, Though it is steep but if you walk down with less halts you can reach there in one hours time…. This place is near Shri Badrinath Temple.
Tribe Nation Badrinath: This is the address and contact number of the camp, where we stayed over night.
Chandu
Tent: Rs. 2000 for double bed
Mob: 7467016669
9997084168
Address: Badrinath, Uttarakhand 246422
Location: tinyurl.com/yy7zkswf
Hanuman Chatti: This is a popular and historic temple of Lord Hanuman, you should halt at this place.
Watch Prayagraj (Allahabad) Video: I mentioned in this video that you can go check out our Prayagraj video for sangam. This place was earlier known as Allahabad. Link of video is given below.
Hope you enjoyed watching this episode on our journey from Mana village to Gurudwara Gobind Ghat.
Though we mentioned in the video that next day we will go to Gurudwara Shri Hemkunt Sahib but we could not go there next day.
Reason- we were there on 1st June and that was the day of opening, there were many yatri’s there plus there was risk of glacier melting as well…
Gurudwara management requested Yatri’s to stay back for one or two days and then go there…
We decided to go to Auli and then come back… You will see Yatra of Shri Hemkunt sahib in episodes to come.
For your information: Yatra for Shri Hemkunt Sahib starts from Guduwara Gobind Ghat, you can go there on your vehcile then from there you have to travel 13 km… out of which 4 km you can go on shared jeep then from there 9 km trek to Gurdwara Gobind Dham.
You should look at staying at Gurudwara Gobind Dham or at some near by hotel at Gobind Dham next day you have to trek 6 km to go to Shri Hemkunt Sahib then come back to Gobind Dham. Since oxygen level at Shri Hemkunt Sahib is low, so people are not allowed to stay back there.
For more detailed information about yatra of Shri Hemkunt Sahib, pl. See the episode of the same.
Our festival’s are an interesting blend of east and west in order to attract the general mass of people to the deeper message of Krsna consciousness. They are family affairs and we arrange them so that there is something for everyone in the family. Because they are colorful,attractive, fun and deeply devotional people attend each summer, year after year. My godbrother, B.B Govinda Mahārāja once kindly described them as, «The Greatest Show On Earth.»
On the second leg of our Char Dham parikrama we visited the holy site of Gangotri. Gangotri is situated not far from where Mother Ganges flows out of the Himalayan mountains. In the town of Gangotri is a beautiful temple where Mother Ganges is worshipped and people can be seen bathing in her sacred waters in the many ghats along the river. In this video we see scenes of Mother Ganges in both Haridwar and Gangotri as we hear of her descent from the spiritual world into the material creation.
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Yamunotri
In this segment, “Yamunotri”, we visit close to the source of the holy Yamuna river. With our eyes we see her sacred waters and with our ears we hear how she descended from the spiritual world. A special feature is beautiful footage the Himalayan mountains.
Gangotri
On the second leg of our Char Dham parikrama we visited the holy site of Gangotri. Gangotri is situated not far from where Mother Ganges flows out of the Himalayan mountains. In the town of Gangotri is a beautiful temple where Mother Ganges is worshipped and people can be seen bathing in her sacred waters in the many ghats along the river. In this video we see scenes of Mother Ganges in both Haridwar and Gangotri as we hear of her descent from the spiritual world into the material creation.
Kedarnath — The Abode Of Lord Siva
Kedarnath was the third stop our on pilgrimage to the Himalayas. Despite a devastating flood in 2013 which destroyed much of the infrastructure, the temple remains intact as it has for 5,000 years. It was built on the order of the five Pandava brothers for the express worship of Lord Siva. The Siva lingam inside is in the shape of a hump. Adi Sankaracarya renovated the temple and lived in Kedarnath for sometime. He actually passed away there at the age of 32 years. His samadhi was near the temple but was washed away in the flood in 2013. Vaisnavas worship Lord Siva as the greatest Vaisnava, a per the statement in Srimad Bhagavatam.
Badrinath — A Destination Supreme
Badrinath is famous as one of the larger Char Dhamas of India. Those dhamas are Ramesvaram, Jagannath Puri, Dwarka and Badrinath. Situated high in the Himalayas on the banks of the Alakananda river Badrinath has been visited by great saintly persons since time immemorial. The deity in the temple is self-manifested from a salagram sila and is two feet high. During the winter when it becomes unbearably cold, the temple is closed for 6 months. Before closing the doors the pujaris light a ghee lamp which is found to be still burning when they open the doors 6 months later. It is understood that Narada Muni and various demigods perform the worship during those cold winter months. Nearby is the cave where Srila Vyasadeva wrote down the Vedic scriptures. The border of China is only a few meters away.