Shri Radha Shyamsundar Ji Temple, Vrindavan

Nikhil Gupta 59 months ago

This temple is located in Seva Kunj, Vrindavana and is a very important place for Gaudiya Vaishbavas. The presiding deities here are Radha Shyamasundar (worshipped by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana), Lalla ji Laali ji (worshipped by Srila Shyamananda prabhu) and Radha Kunjbihari (worshiped by Srila Bhugarbha Goswami). It is said that the deity of Lalla ji manifested from the heart of Srimati Radharani, which was given to Srila Shyamananda prabhu by Her. Adjacent to the temple is the Samadhi Mandir of Srila Shhamananda prabhu. This place is also called as Nupura Prapti Sthana, where Shyamananda prabhu found the anklet of Srimati Radharani.

Krsna Katha 71 months ago

"Sri Radha-Syamasundara, the deities established and worshipped by gaudiya-vedanta-acarya Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana, are very beautiful. Opposite the entrance door of the temple is the samadhi of Sri Syamananda Prabhu.
Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana was born in a village near the famous Remuna in Orissa. He studied grammar, rhetoric and logic in an academic village on the bank of Cilka-hrada. After this, he went to Mysore to study the Vedas. In Udupi, he deeply studied Madhva-bhasya along with Sankara-bhasya, Parijata-bhasya and other commentaries (bhasyas) on the Vedanta. After some time, he studied in Sri Dhama Jagannatha Puri the Sat-sandarbhas under Sri Radha-Damodara, a disciple of Sri Rasikananda Prabhu. At this time, he came to know of Sri Radha-Damodara’s profound scholarship and devout life and became his disciple. Later on, in Vrindavan, he studied Srimad-Bhagavatam and the books of the Gosvamis from the famous gaudiya rasikacarya Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur and, on his instruction, went to Jaipura. At the well-known Galta in Jaipura, he defeated the scholars of the Sri sampradaya and other opponents to the Gaudiya line, and established the deity of Sri Vijaya-gopala. To increase the faith of the local scholars, he composed Sri Govinda-bhasya on Brahma-sutra there, and re-installed Sri Radhaji beside Sri Govindadeva in the famous Govinda Temple. Some of the books he composed, which have enlarged the treasure house of Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava literature, are Govinda-bhasya, Siddhanta-ratnam, Vedanta-syamantaka, Prameya-ratnavali, Siddhanta-darpana and a commentary on Sat-sandarbha."

Excerpt from the book 'Sri Vraja-mandal Parikrama' by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Pariksheet Garg 71 months ago

Sri Vrindavan Dham is the holiest of all the holy places. Even the denizens of heaven desire to take birth in this holy land, which is purified by the touch of Krishna’s lotus feet.

Among the seven main temples of Gaudiya Vaishnava sect in Sri Vrindavan Dham, the temple of Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar has carved a special place for itself in the hearts of all the Vaishnavas because it houses the most beautiful and unique Deity of Sri Shyamsundar, that manifested from Srimati Radharani’s heart.

All the prominent acharyas of Gaudiya Vaishnava cult used to visit this divine temple to have darshan of His Lordship, Sri Shyamsundar.

On having daily darshan of this transcendental Deity, Srila Jiva Goswami, Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami, Srila Loknath Goswami and Sri Bhugarbha Goswami etc. used to inundate deep in an ocean of ecstasy.

Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami and Srila Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami, who would otherwise never leave Sri Radha Kunda, also started visiting Vrindavan for the darshan of Sri Shyamsundar, despite their old age and physical problems. Srila Baladeva Vidya Bhushana spent most of his time in Vrindavan in the service of the Deity. Even the recent Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharyas, like Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur (Founder of Gaudiya Matha) and Srila Bhakti Sarang Maharaj (Founder of Imli-Tala Temple) used to forget themselves on having transcendental vision of the Deities. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder acharya of ISKCON, used to shed tears on having darshan of the Deity.

This site is dedicated and offered as a symbol of devotion to Sri Shyamananda prabhu who was personally graced by Srimati Radharani. She gave him a nupur tilak of the shape of Her lotus foot and the transcendental and divine Deity of Sri Shyamsundar