Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This temple is dedicated to Lord Balarama who enjoyed many wonderful pastimes with Krishna and the cowherd boys here at Bhandiravana, including taking lunch beneath the cooling shade of the banyana trees (vata-vriksha). There are many temples of Dauji on this side of the Yamuna because Lord Balarama is considered the predominating Deity of the eastern petal of the Vraja lotus. In fact, there are many temples dedicated to Lord Balarama (Dauji) in all the holy places of Vraja Mandala, which testifies to the great esteem and the love which the Vaishnavas and Vrajavasis have for Krishna’s elder brother.
