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Nathdwara, Rajasthan

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 Rajastahn Tour Dairies Day 5 contd.. So doing a repeat post on this Little Krishna's abode which was the main reason why I signed up for the tour. The most powerful Little Child who makes people fall in love with this eternal bliss of God - Shrinath ji.   How fortunate are the people living in here who can have the different darshans of the Lord at different time of day.  Yes all the Arathis are different with beautiful attire and charming smile and different nivedhayam. Even to stand in front of him is more than enough for anyone.   History of Nathdwara Shrinathji says that during the reign of Aurangzeb, statue of Lord Krishna was moved from Vrindavan to enshrine it at a safe place. However, when the vehicle carrying the statue passed through the particular spot where the temple now is, its wheels were stuck in the mud. The priest accompanying the image interpreted it to be an indication from the Lord himself. People understood that the Lord did not want to move any further. Ther

Shrinathji Nathdwara temple

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We were truly blessed to get the darshan of Shrinathji - the all powerful little Krishna - the Giver of all boons of the devotees.   We got to know of this great God when we first started our business through one of the persons who had lent us a h uge sum of money in 1997.  In fact, he was boarding the train to Udaipur when we met him to ask him for the loan.  There are a lot of people who begin  their account statement every year with the first entry to Shrinathji. I was hoping to find some time during the conference days to get His darshan.   The Lord always listens to His devotees.  We had originally planned to visit Kumbalgarh on sunday.  But the time to go up and down was not fitting our schedule and so then the planning started for Nathdwara - the Doorway to Narayan.  The beauty of little Krishna has to be seen and enjoyed.   He was all decked in Pink Color cloths and those few minutes were a bliss on earth.   We were really lucky and blessed to somehow get the darhsan