Famous Mountains Of Vraja Mandala
There are twenty five sacred mountains that are said to be located in Vraja Mandala of which nineteen are well known including: Govardhana Hill (Govardhana), Nila Parvata, Anandadri Parvata and Dhavala Parvata (Sanara Sikhar), Gandhamadana Parvata (Adi-Badri), Setu Kandara (Budhe-Badri), Kedar Parvata (Kedaranatha), Charana Pahadi and Lukluki Kandara (Kamyavana), Indrasena Parvata and Chaursyakhela Parvata (Bhojana Thali), Suvarnachala (Sunahara), Atora Parvata and Sakhi Parvata (Unchagrama), Brahma Parvata and Vishnu Parvata (Varsana), Nandishvara Parvata and Charana Pahari (Nandagrama) and Charana Pahadi (Bathain). (NOTE: In Vedic terminology even small hills are classified as parvatas, or mountains).
Famous Kundas Of Vraja Mandala
There are eighty-four sacred kundas within Vraja Mandala and the most prominent ones are: Brahma-kunda, Davanala-kunda and Govinda-kunda (Vrindavana), Narada-kunda, Radha-kunda, Shyama-kunda, Dan-nirvartana-kunda, Sankarshana-kunda, Govinda-kunda, Apsara-kunda (all located around Govardhana Hill), Saraswati-kunda, Potra-kunda, Shiva-tala and Balabhadra-kund (Mathura), Krishna-kunda (Madhuvana), Kamuda-kunda (Kamudavana), Bahula-kunda (Bahulavana), Vimala-kunda, Yashoda-kunda and Luk-luki-kunda (Kamyavana), Vrinda-kunda (Nandagrama), and Surya-kunda (Bathain Khurd), Manasi-ganga at Govardhana.
Famous Sarovaras Of Vraja Mandala
Kusuma-sarovara at Govardhana, Chandra-sarovara at Parasauli, Piyal-sarovara and Prema-sarovara at Varsana, Pavana-sarovara at Nandagrama, Mana-sarovara at Bilvavana.
Famous Vatas Of Vraja Mandala
There are said to be sixteen sacred banyana trees (vatas) with the most prominent being: Vamsi Vata, Shringara Vata and Advaita Vata (Vrindavana), Kama Vata (Kamyavana), Java Vata (Yavata), Bhandira Vata and Vamsi Vata (Bhandiravana), Sanket Vata (Sanket), Keli Vata (Kelanvana), Aksaya Vata (Bhandira Vata) (Kajrot). The other famous vatas whose locations are uncertain are: Manorama Vata, Jatajuta Vata, Shrivata, Asa Vata, Ashoka Vata, Brahma Vata, Rudra Vata, Shridhara Vata, Savitri Vata.
Famous Shilas Of Vraja Mandala
There are said to be eleven sacred rocks (shilas), with the most prominent being: Bhojana Thali, Phisalni-shila and Bhajana-shila (Kamyavana), Bhajana-shila (Mukharai), Phisalni shila (Unchagram), Jhulan-shila (Govinda-kunda) Balarama Mukut-shila (Doka Dauj), Dandavata shila (Jetipur), Mukharavinda-shila (Manasi-ganga), Jihva-shila (Radha-kunda) Radharani Mukut shila (Surya-kunda).
Famous Kupas Of Vraja Mandala
There are said to be twelve sacred kupas (wells), with the most prominent being: Radha-Kupa, Krishna-kupa and Venu-kupa (Vrindavana), Gopi-kupa (Radha-Kunda), Kubja kupa(Mathura), Venu-kupa (Bhandiravana), and Sapta-samudra-kupa (Mahavana).
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