Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This temple was established around 1890, by the king of Manipura, Churachanda Maharaja, after he experienced a most unusual dream. In the king’s dream, the Deity of Bala Gopala worshiped by his family, appeared before him and requested that the king should build a temple for Him at Radha-kunda. The Gopala Deity also told the king to build the temple in such a place that the Deity would be able to have the darshana of the sacred Radha-kunda and also be able to have darshana of the rising sun. The king then went to Radha-kunda and built a large sandstone temple according to the specifications given to him in the dream by Lord Gopala. Therefore, this temple was built in the exact spot from where the Gopala Deity, while sitting on the simhasana inside the temple, has a clear view of Radha-kunda and simultaneously can see the sun rising at dawn over the sacred kunda. In fact, when the temple doors are open, the very first rays of the morning sun fall directly on the Deity of Lord Gopala.
