Kirtan in Sri Radha-Gokulananda Temple,kartik 2010

Radha Gokulananda Temple is an ancient shrine, located at Vrindavan, in Uttar Pradesh. It is in between the Kesi Ghat and the Radha-Raman Temple.

This delightful temple enshrines the small Radha-Vinoda deities of Lokanatha Gosvami, the larger deities of Vijaya Govinda of Baladeva Vidyabhusana and the Radha-Gokulananda deities of Viswanath Chakravarti.

It also houses a Govardhana shila, Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave a govardhan-sila to Raghunath das Goswami, and this can be seen if one offers a small donation. The shila bears the thumbprint of Lord Caitanya, who used to chant while holding the shila, pressing it to His heart or eyes. Sometimes He would smell it or place it on His head. The stone was almost always moist with Lord Caitanya's tears. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would say: "This stone is directly the body of Lord Krisna." Sri Caitanya kept the shila for three years and than gave it to Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, being greatly satisfied by his behavior. Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur also worshiped for some time.

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