24 October Parikrama videos

[Krsna-karunya das]

Adi Badri Darshan: Badrinath Dham, Gangotri, Yamunatri and more


24 October 2009. Today's parikrama is scheduled for Kamyavan. However by Premananda Prabhu's mercy, he has arranged that our parikrama followers in cyberspace can have darshan of Adi-badri, the place of worship of many rishis and munis including Nara-Narayan Rishi, Kuvera, Uddhav, Vyasadev, Narada, etc. So today before going to Kamyavan where our parikrama party was going, I went with our local Vrajvasi godrothers, Ramananda Prabhu and Nitinji to take darshan of Badrinath dham, Kedarnath dham, Gangotri, Yamunatri, etc. This episode is coverage of darshans in Badrinath dham.


Adi Badri Darshan: Kedarnath Dham and Gauri Kund


From Badrinath dham (previous episode) we proceeded to Kedarnath dham and took darshan of Kedarnath Mahadev and Gauri Kund. A big rock shaped like the head of Devi's lion is on the top of the hill, under which Mahadev Kedarnath is staying. It is said that Krsna manifested this place so Nanda Baba and the Brijbasis will not have to go to the Himalaya (which is so far away) to take Kedarnath's darshan. Up the hill, you can get an aerial view of the Kamyavan forest which was our next destination.


Kamyavan Darshan: From Charan Pahari & Bhojan Thali to Kameshwa...


After darshan of Badrinath and Kedarnath (previous episodes), we tried to catch up with our parikrama party to Kamyavan. Here one can take darshan of Krishna's footprints (Charan pahari) also Baladev Prabhu's footprint at the base of the hill of Vyomasura's cave.When Krsna killed the demon Vyomasure here the earth trembled so Baladev Prabhu pressed His foot on the ground to stop it from shaking and so this footprint is still visibe here. Then one can visit phisalani shila where Krsna and His friends used to slide down. And of course Bhojan Thali, the place Krsna and His friends used to eat their meals and thus marks of their plates and bowls are still visible here. Here also is Kameshwara Mahadev, Vrinda devi, Govindadev and Vimala Kund. For more detailed info on these places read our Guru Maharaj's Sri Vraja Mandal Parikrama Book.