Vishram Ghat

Location

The Vishram Ghat is dotted with attractive temples and some of Mathura's most significant shrines are found here - the Mukut Temple, Radha-Damodar, Murli Manohar, Neelkantheshwar, Yamuna-Krishna, Langali Hanuman and Narasimha temples. The baithak of the famous Vaishnava Saint, Shri Chaitanya, is also near by.

The aarti held at the Vishram Ghat each evening is not to be missed, for the little oil lamps that are floated on the river set the placid water as sparkle with myriad iridescent lights. Devotees across the world lit the lamps and make it float on the water. It is a striking sight to catch the glimpse thousands of devotees praying with devotion.

No pilgrimage to Mathura is complete without a visit to its kunds. This kunds are placed very near to Mathura Vishram Ghat. Tradition has it that there were 159 earliest kunds in all. Of these only four survive and can be found. There is the graceful Shiv Tal, the more eminent Potara Kund linked closely with Lord Krishna besides the Balbhadra and Saraswati kunds.

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