Gopeshwar Mahadev Temple, Vrindavan - Hindu temple in Vrindavan - Mathura, India

Kaal Har Dukh Har Daridra Har Rog Har Kasht Hara Har Har Mahadev Sb kuch prabhu ka hi toh hai Adi Anaant The Owner of This templr was kind and Even The Yachak was good Enough.. I have several memories to share with you Guy's have a look once. PFA, .

Such a divine place. In this place lord shiv have 56 types of shingaar(makeup).

This is a god Shiva temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Vrindavan. Temple is very near to Yamuna river. It is believed that Gopis worshipped here to get Lord Krishna as their husband.

"In Srimad-Bhagavatam, Mahadeva Sankara, the god of gods, has been called the foremost Vaisnava. He and Bhagavati Parvati are always absorbed in meditation on Krsna's eternal eightfold daily pastimes (asta-kaliya lila). Once, during Sri Krsna's manifest pastimes, Sankara desired to take darsana of Krsna's captivating rasa-lila with his own eyes. Being eager to do so, he came directly to Vrndavana from Kailasa. At the gate outside Vrndavana, some attendant gopis stopped him, because no male except for Sri Krsna can enter the rasa. But since when has Sankara easily agreed to anything? He asked the attendant gopis how he might be admitted, and they told him to satisfy Bhagavati Yogamaya Paurnamasi (Purnima) with his worship. Sankara followed their advice and after arduous worship he received darsana of Yogamaya. Knowing the desire of Sankara, Purnima took his hands and dipped him in the nearby Brahma-kunda. When he came out of the pond, he had been transformed into an extremely beautiful young gopi. Purnima seated Sankara, now a gopi, inside a kunja north-east of the rasa-sthali. She told him to behold the rasa-lila from there, and then she disappeared. After a short while, the rasa-lila began. The gopis thought, "Today, for some reason or other, we are not feeling any happiness in singing and dancing." They understood that some outsider had entered the arena, and they began to search for that person. In their search they came to this place, where they saw a new, unknown gopi sitting in a kunja. They caught that new gopi and began to question her, "What is your name? What is the name of your village? Who is your husband? Who is your father-in-law?" But the new gopi was unable to answer any of their questions. Instead, she could only cry. Yogamaya had neither arranged her birth from the womb of a gopi, nor given her any name. The new gopi was not married to any gopa either, so what answers could she give? When the gopis received no answer, they began to slap her cheeks till they became swollen. Seeing Mahadeva's misery, Purnima's heart melted. She went there and explained that this gopi was an object of her mercy. She requested the gopis and Krsna to be merciful to her. Sri Krsna, knowing the internal desire of Purnima, gave Sankara the name Gopisvara and granted him the boon that a sadhaka would be unable to enter Vrndavana, and especially into Krsna's sweet pastimes there, without first receiving his mercy. The Gosvami literatures also describe that at the time of Krsna's manifest pastimes, the gopis worshipped Gopisvara Mahadeva with the desire to obtain service to Krsna. For instance, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami's Sri Vraja-vilasa-stava (verse 87) states: muda gopendrasyatmaja-bhuja-parisvanga-nidhaye sphurada-gopi-vrndairyamaiha bhagavantam pranayibhih bhajadbhisa tair bhaktya svama bhilasitam praptuma cirad yami-tire gopisvaramanudinam tam kila bhaje "To obtain the jewel of being embraced by the arms of Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara, the gopis, who possess firm, loving, intimate attachment for Sri Krsna, joyfully worshipped Sadasiva with great devotion and had all their internal desires fulfilled without delay. Daily I worship that Gopisvara Mahadeva who resides on the bank of the Yamuna." The pranama-mantra (from Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura's Sankalpa-kalpa-druma, text 103) for Gopisvara Mahadeva clearly indicates that Gopisvara Mahadeva is the bestower of unadulterated krsna-prema: vrndavanavani-pate! jaya soma! soma-maule sanaka-sanandana-sanatana-naradedya gopisvara! vraja-vilasi-yuganghri-padme prema prayaccha nirupadhi namo namste "O gatekeeper of Vrndavana, O Soma, all glories to you. O you whose forehead is decorated with the moon, and who is worshipful for the sages headed by Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Narada. O Gopisvara, desiring that you bestow upon me prema for the lotus feet of Sri Radha-Madhava, who perform joyous pastimes in Vraja-dhama, I offer obeisances unto you time and again." Excerpt from the book 'Sri Vraja-mandal Parikrama' by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Unique & Ancient Located in a very historic part of town the oldest temple in Vrindavan is the ancient Gopeshwar Mahadev Temple. Thousands of years ago Lord Krishna's great grandson Vrajanabha installed the Shiv Linga here.

It's the time to play Raas, Krishna is all set to play bansuri, Gauri I also want to go and do Raasleela. You can't enter as only women are allowed in Raasleela gopi denied the entry. It's time to shiva to wear sari and do shringar and became a gopi to dance with Krishna. Here in morning the shringar is of Shiva as sansyasi from Ash but in evening shiva linga is decorated with sari and women make up to make him Gopi .

A very small temple of Lord Shiva having a shivling. Floor was all wet during my visit. At times it becomes very crowded. I don't come to know anything special about this temple. You can visit if you are nearby.

Got to attend the aarti and shringar of gopeshwar mahadev.... started my day with his Darshana.