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Jaipur is the city of temples. Jaipur is also known as Choti Kashi (small Kashi) because of one of the spiritual centers of India. Govind dev ji temple is one of the oldest temples in Jaipur. Shri Govind Dev ji is the deity of Jaipur. Millions of Jaipurites visit Govind dev ji temple of Jaipur daily. Govind dev ji temple of Jaipur is situated in City Palace campus. An ancient architecture of Govind Dev ji Temple of Jaipur has a worth to look.

The temple was built in year 1735 by Sawai Pratap Singh 2. He was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Shri Govind dev ji temple is a temple of Lord Krishna. Ganga Mata Mandir, Isari Singh ji ki Chhatri and Chinta Haran Hanuman Mandir are other temples situated in the campus of Shri Govind Dev ji temple of Jaipur.

Govind dev ji temple of Jaipur has equal importance for religious tourism and heritage tourism.

About Govind Dev Ji idol, Jaipur

The idol situated in Shri Govind Dev Ji Temple Jaipur is of Lord Krishna and was called "Bajrakrit". According to a legend, the idol was created by the great grand son of Lord Krishna - Bajranabh. Bajranabh asked his grand mother to describe as how Lord Shri Krishna looked like. Bajranabh then made one idol of Lord Shri Krishna on the basis of description given by his grand mother. When Bajranabh shown this image to his grand mother, she said that only feet of the idol are similar as of Lord Shri Krishna. Bajranabh - the great grand son of Lord Shri Krishna then created another image and again shown it to his grand mother. His grand mother told him that the chest of this new idol is similar as of Lord Shri Krishna. Bajranabh then created one more idol, and this time the grand mother of Bajranabh said him that the idol is very similar as of Lord Shri Krishna.

The first idol created by Bajranabh was known as Lord Madan Mohan Ji, the second one was known as Lord Gopi Nath Ji, and the third idol is called Lord Govind Dev Ji.

With passing of ages the idols were lost from the memories of people and get buried under the sand of time.

Later on, approximately 500 years ago, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - devotee of Lord Krishna took initiative to find out the holy places related to Lord Krishna mentioned in Bhagvat Purana. It is believed in Indian society that Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji was the spiritual incarnation of Lord Shri Krishna.

In 1514 A.D. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu visited Vrindavan Dhaam - the sacred land of Lord Krishna. At that time, it had become almost jungle. After a massive work, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu discovered some of the holy places mentioned in Bhagvat Purana, but he was not able to stay there long enough. Then after, his two followers Shri Sanatan Goswami and Shri Roop Goswami went to Vrindavan Dhaam to accomplish the task of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu under his guidance.

Later on, Shri Jeeva Goswami, Shri Raghunath Bhatt, Shri Gopal Bhatt, and Shri Raghunath Das joined Shri Roop Goswami and Shri Sanatan Goswami in their sacred task.

As per a legend, in year 1525, Lord Govind Dev Ji revealed himself to Shri Roop Goswami on Basant Panchami at Goma Teela (famous place in Vrindavan Dhaam). At that time, Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji was living in Nilachal at Orissa. The news of manifestation of Lord Shri Govind Dev Ji was sent to Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji. He was not able to travel for Darshan of Lord Shri Govind Dev Ji because of his illness, so that he made a small idol of himself from Asht-Dhaatu (eight metals) and imparted his divine power in the idol. He sent his that idol to Vrindavan Dhaam with Shri Kashiwar Pandit. That idol of Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji made up of eight-metal was placed on the right side of the idol of Lord Shri Govind Dev Ji and named as Thakur Shri Gaur Govind.

Emperor Akbar was the king who respected all the religions equally and built many of the Hindu temples during his reign period. In year 1590, Maharaja Man Singh of Amber built the world famous Red Sand Stone Temple of Lord Shri Govind Dev Ji Maharaj at Vrindavan Dhaam at Goma Teela where Lord Shri Krishna (Lord Govind Dev Ji) revealed himself to Shri Roop Goswami ji. Those days, Maharaja Man Singh was the renowned governor in the embassy of Emperor Akbar.

About Govind Dev Ji Temple Jaipur

It is a popular saying in Jaipur that the idol of Lord Shri Krishna transferred from Vrindavan Dhaam to Pink City Jaipur and consecrated at Suraj Mahal of City Palace during the reign of Aurangzeb. As the religious fanaticism was on peak during Aurangzeb, it was a major issue to protect the temples and idols of Hindu religion. At that time, the then caretaker of Govind Dev ji Temple of Vrindavan Dhaam shifted the idol of Lord Shri Krishna (Govind Dev ji) to Jaipur. In year 1735, the holy idol of Shri Lord Krishna consecrated at the present place of temple (Suraj Mahal of City Palace).

Timings and Daily Schedule of Worship, Aarti and “Bhog”

Schedule of Worship, Aarti and Bhog in Govind dev ji temple of Jaipur change in winter and summer. Presently, the schedule is as follows:-

Main Festivals and Fairs in Govind Dev Ji Temple Jaipur

Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Shri Krishna celebrated at very large scale in the temple. It comes on Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksh of Bhadrapad month as per Hindu calendar, which is approximately mid of August.

Holi is the another festival celebrated grandly in Govind Dev ji Temple of Jaipur. Faag, Raas and special Jhanki start from 1 month before Holi festival.

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Govind Dev ji temple of Jaipur is one of the most important temples of Lord Krishna after Vrindavan and hence the devotees of Lord Krishna come here across the world.

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