Govind Devji Temple (Rajasthan)
This is the most important and popular
temple, which is visited in thousands by the
devotees through out the year.
Govind Devji Temple (Rajasthan) Hindu Temples
Located in the central pavilion of the elaborate sprawling Jai Niwas Garden, to the north of the magnificent Chandra Mahal, is the miniature temple of Lord Krishna. The idol of Shri Krishna, originally kept in a temple in Vrindavan, was installed here by Sawai Jai Singh II, as the ruling deity of his family.
Sri Govinddevji, the family deity
of Amber's Kachawaha Dynasty, now dwells in Jaipur, along with his
consort Radha. The image, nevertheless, earlier existed in Vrindaban,
where the Lord resided in the great temple built for him by Raja
Mansingh, which was consecrated in 1590 AD.
Significance
Religious
Govinddevji was symbolic of Mansingh's power and became the focus
of political interaction of the Mughal Emperor and the Kachawahas
and, hence, an object of imperial and royal patronage. In the end
of the seventeenth century, Govinddevji and Radha, accompanied by
Vrindaban's tutelary goddess, Vrindadevi, were taken to the Amber
territory to protect them from damage by the hands of iconoclasts.
It happened in the latter part of Emperor Aurangzeb's rule when,
with the impelling grave condition of the Empire, regional Hindu
Kingdoms became increasingly self assertive. Thus, that move from
Vrindaban to Amber, the patrimonial land of the Kachawahas, also
marked the Kachawaha rulers' assertion of regional power and identity.
Govinddevji and his consort eventually came to reside in the palatial
temple, in the precincts of the City Palace of Maharaja Sawai Jaisingh's
new capital, Jaipur. The rise of the deity to the status of a symbol
of regnant power also meant the rise of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and
the deity's custodians to power in the Kachawaha territory.
This is the most important and popular temple, which is visited
in thousands by the devotees through out the year.
Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Deity
Radha and Krishna.
Built By
Relocated By: Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1590 AD
Origin
Original Location: Vrindavan, Uttarpradesh.
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