Matavan & Bhandirvan Darshan: Mana Sarovar to Bhandirvata

After visiting Talavan (in previous episode), our parikrama party by bus proceeded to Mana Sarovar which is located in the forest Matavan. This sarovar is from Srimati Radhika's tears. Then from Mana Sarovar we proceeded to the forest Bhandirvan which is now a village called Bhandir Gaon. In there, you can have darshan of the ancient tree Bhandirvat, under which one marriage pastime of Radha and Krsna by Lord Brahma took place. This forest is a site of many wonderful pastimes of Krsna and his sakhas and sakhis from cow grazing to wrestling matches to lunch picnics and not to mention his eating the forest fire. Just a little distance from Bhandirvata is another ancient tree Vamsivata under which Krsna used to perform Rasa lila with the gopis and where His best friend Sridam stayed in separation from Him when He left Vraja. All details of these pastimes in the beautiful book Sri Vraja mandal Parikrama by our worshipful Guru Maharaj Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaj.

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[dbandhoo]

ah yes Man Sarovar, one of my favorite places ...breakfast

[indupati]

Hare Krishna,

That is a nice idea to have a commentator like the Maharaja's, well done, nice!