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    Rajashekhara Dasa

    From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:

    This is one of the famed ‘Seven Goswami Temples’ of Radha-kunda where one can see the pratibhu Deities of Shri Shri Radha Gokulananda. The original temple of Radha Gokulananda in Vrindavana was established by Lokanatha Goswami. Although this is the first temple on the road when entering Radha-kunda, it is the last to be visited when performing parikrama of the sacred kundas. This is because the traditional starting place of Radha-kunda parikrama is from the bank of the sacred kunda itself, and after paying obeicenses to the sacred kundas, one then takes the blessings of Kundeshwara Mahadava in order to perform a successful parikrama. This is also the place where Lokanatha Goswami performed his bhajana inside a small cave (gufa) when he stayed at Radha-kunda. He travelled extensively all over Vraja living under trees or sometimes in caves. The small cave at Radha-kunda where Lokanatha Goswami stayed can still be seen as well as his pushpa-samadhi. Lokanatha’s original samadhi is located at the Radha Gokulananda Mandira in Vrindavana.

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