Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Around the base of Danta-dhāvana-ṭīlā stood the residences of Nanda as well as those of his brothers and relatives. The ruins of these houses can still be seen today, even from a distance.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the site near Yasoda Bhavan where it is said Nanda Maharaja and his brothers had their private residential quarters. The word ‘haveli’ means a ‘large residence’ with many rooms where a number of generations belonging to the same family live together, in what is generally termed as a ‘joint family’. Therefore ‘Nanda ki Haveli’ means ‘Nanda’s living quarters’.
