Mathura

Mathura, in West Uttar Pradesh, the center of Brajbhoomi, is located at a distance of 145 km south-east of Delhi and 58 km north-west of Agra. Covering an area of about 3,800 sq. km., Brajbhoomi places are Gokul, Mahavan, Baldeo, Mat and Bajna Vrindavan, Govardhan, Kusum Sarovar, Barsana and Nandgaon etc.

The land of Braj starts from Kotban near Hodel (Haryana) about 95 km from Delhi and ends at Runakuta (Agra) which is known specially for its association with the poet Surdas, an ardent Krishna devotee.

Lord Vishnu, was born in the Dwapara Yuga as the eighth son of the Yadava prince Vasudev and his wife Devaki named Shri Krishna. To save him from the murderous intentions of his maternal uncle Kansa, the ruler of Mathura, the infant Krishna was spirited away soon after birth to Gokul, the village of the gopas (cowherds) in Braj . It was here that he grew to manhood, in the tender care of his foster parents Nand