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Location:
Gokul
near Mathura
(Vada Naadu)
Vishnu: Navamohana Krishnan
Taayaar: Rukmini,
Satyabhama
Theertham:Yamuna
Paasuram :Perialwar, Andal, Tirumangai
Vimaanam:Hemakoota Vimanam
Travel Base:Mathura, Agra, Delhi
Description Stories of Krishna's
childhood, form the basis of several of India's art forms which constitute
the subcontinent's cultural backbone. Perialwar, Andal and Tirumangaialwar
in the latter half of the 1st millennium CE, have sung of Krishna's childhood
at his foster home at Gokulam in a total of 22 verses in Tamil. Gokul,
at a distance of about 12 km from Mathura, is what is referred to as
the Tiruvaaippaadi Divya Desam. The first verse of Tiruppaavai speaks
of 'Seer malgum Aaippaadi'. There are several temples here, with images
of Nandagopa, Yasodha, Balarama and Krishna.
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