Religion City Mathura: City of Temples

   Mathura should be called the proud center of Indian culture and civilization. Although Mathura is famous for religious tourism. 

   Mathura is virtually revered as the birth place and lila of Lord Krishna. Mathura, a religious city in Uttar Pradesh, India, has a splendid array of all-round temples. Mathura is very rich in religion, philosophy, art-culture and literature. Mahakavi Surdas, Acharya Swami Haridas of music, Swami Virjanand, the master of Swami Dayanand, Kavi Rasakhan, etc. 

   Great souls had spiritual attachment to this religion city Mathura. In the field of religion and spirituality, Mathura is mainly considered as the birthplace of Lord Shri Krishna. Lord Sri Krishna's birthplace is the main religious place of Mathura. A grand divine temple exists at the site of Shri Krishna's birth. 

  Another temple in the complex itself has a long series of spontaneous tableaux of Lord Shri Krishna's pastimes. In another temple of the complex, Lord Shri Krishna sits in a huge form. Tourists and devotees also have culture visits in the premises. The magnificence-divinity of Lord Shri Krishna Janma Bhoomi Temple is highly visible. 

   On Shri Krishna Janmashtami, the temple illuminates with all-round rainbow lights. Especially the antiquity of the temple is also shown. The Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple, situated in the middle of the city of Mathura, has a unique aura of beauty. See, the prison of Kansa has taken the form of a divine grand temple. 

   Its beauty attracts tourists. Another attraction of Mathura is Dwarkadhish Temple. Dwarkadhish Temple is situated on the banks of river Yamuna. Aarti is the main attraction of Dwarkadhish Temple. 

  The beautiful statue of Murali Manohar is consecrated in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Yamuna has divine darshan as soon as it comes to the shore from the temple. Yamuna river also has regular aarti.

   This aarti is also very visible. Tourists can enjoy boating in the Yamuna River after darshan. While boating, tourists can get a panoramic view of Mathura including the Yamuna Ghat of Mathura. Tourists can also visit Kansa Fort during boating. Mathura and Vrindavan close by have a spectacular view of the divine-grand temples. 

   This splendid array of temples include Govindji Temple, Kishori Raman Temple, Vasudev Ghat, Govardhan Nathji Temple, Madan Mohan Temple, Radheshyam Temple and Ganesh Temple, Birla Mandir-Geeta Temple, Gayatri Tapo Bhumi etc. 

   The special thing is that there are four Shiva temples in all directions of Mathura. Pipleshwar Mahadev in the east, Rangeshwar Mahadev in the south, Gokarneshwar Mahadev in the north and Bhuteshwar Mahadev in the west. 

   Lord Shiva is called the Kotwal of Mathura due to having a Shiva temple in all directions. Kankali Tila is also an attraction in Mathura. There is a temple of Kankali Devi on this mound. 

   It is believed that the girl whom Kansa wanted to kill, considering Devaki's daughter, had gone out of hand and went to the sky. This Kankali temple is dedicated to that girl.

  The music of Mathura is also very popular. It has the reputation of Brij Music. The main musical instrument of Brij is the flute. Lord Krishna's flute was infatuated. That is why Lord Krishna is called Muralidhar and Vanshidhar. 

  There are many styles of singing in the folk music of Brij. Among them is the ancient singing style of Rasiya Brij. Tourists can enjoy religion, spirituality as well as music in Mathura.

   All the necessary resources are available for the trip to the city of religion, Mathura. The nearest airport is Kheria Airport Agra. The distance from Kheria Airport Agra to Mathura is about 62 kilometers. The nearest railway station is Mathura Junction. Tourists can also visit the city of Mathura by road.
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