When the ‘Golden Avatara’ Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu saw the holy city of Mathura in the far distance while walking on the road leading to the city, He immediately fell on the ground like a stick and paid His dandavata-pranamas. When Lord Chaitanya finally reached the city, He first bathed at Vishrama Ghata and then took darshana of Krishna’s birthplace and also the Keshavadeva Mandira.
The next day Lord Chaitanya bathed in each of the twenty four sacred ghatas along the Yamuna. According to the Chaitanya-mangala, a brahmana named Krishnadasa, who was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri, escorted Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on parikrama around the holy places of Mathura including: Kamsa’s palace, the Mutra-sthana (where baby Krishna urinated on Vasudeva), Uddhava’s house, the houses of the washer-man and the garland-maker, Kubja’s house, Ranga-bhumi, Vasudeva’s house, Ugrasena’s palace, Kamsa-khali (the drain where Krishna dragged Kamsa’s body to the Yamuna), Kamsa Kupa (where Kamsa planned to throw Krishna after He had been killed by the wrestlers), Agastya Kupa, Setabandhu sarovara, Sapta-samudra-kunda, Mara-shila (where Kamsa killed Devaki’s seven sons), Bhuteshwara Mahadeva and Saraswati Sangama. The Chaitanya-charitamrita says, Lord Chaitanya also had darshana at the temples of Dirgha-vishnu, Swayambhu, Gokarneshwara Mahadeva, and Mahavidya Devi.
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