Govind Devji temple that is dedicated to Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha ji. This temple is built inside the city palace of Jaipur and the temple was built by the founder of Jaipur and the first ruler of Jaipur Raja Sawai Jai Singh II. He had got these idols from Mathura and this temple became a well known visited site for pilgrimage and the vaishnav community.
The murti is also called “Brijakrit” as it is said that this idol which is present in the temple was made by the great grandson of Krishna ji. He was 13 years old when he had drawn and carved the idol of Krishna ji after getting some insights about Krishna ji. The little boy had made three drawings of Lord Krishna.
When he showed the drawings to his grandmother, she said that the first image had legs like Krishna ji, in the second image the chest area of the image looked like that of Krishna ji and the third image had a face depicted exactly like that of Krishna ji. These three images have been named differently. The first image is named as “Madan Mohan ji”. The second image was named as “Gopinath ji” and the third image was named as “Govind Devji”.
It is said that these paintings had been destroyed over the years; so some 500 years ago Vaishnava Acharya Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had asked one of his disciples to remove the buried idol of Krishna ji which was protected from the invaders. Upon removal of the idol, acharya ji wrote a whole book on Govinda bhasya, who also defeated and convinced the Ramanandis of Jaipur. Hence earning the title of “Vedanta Acharya” post winning the argument and debate battle. Therefore this Govind Devji Temple is considered sacred for the vaishnav community.
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthani
Timings of Darshan: Morning darshan– 4:30am- 11:30am
Evening darshan– 5:45pm- 9:30pm
Timings of Aarti:
|
Aarti |
Time |
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Mangla |
5:00 to 5:15 AM |
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Dhoop |
7:45 to 9:00 AM |
|
Shringar |
9:30 to 10:15 AM |
|
Rajbhog |
10:45 to 11:45 AM |
|
Gwal |
5:00 to 5:15 PM |
|
Sandhya |
5:45 to 6:45 PM |
|
Shayan |
8:00 to 8:15 PM |
Nearby places to visit:
City Palace
This is one of the major attractions of Jaipur as the museum in the city palace is well maintained and all the details and information along with the things and clothes that are kept there for sightings by the tourists are kept neat and clean. There is a restaurant in the premises of the City Palace which is run by the present king and his family. To experience royalty and heritage, you should definitely visit this place.
Hawa Mahal
This is a mahal that is 500 meters from City palace. This mahal was used by the royal families and their ladies to look into the city life. There are a lot of small windows at the mahal which keep it breezy and allow it to be a best place to visit during Summer season by the royal family as well as the tourists at sunsets.
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