About Barsana Dham

Nikunj Darshan

When a devotee respectfully comes to the Temple and faithfully sees God in the Deity, it is called darshan.

All the loving leelas of Radha Krishn had happened in the nikunj. Nikunj is a beautiful secluded area where blossoming trees, flowering bushes, creepers and perfumed flowers grow together to create such a sheltered and shaded setting where Radha, Krishn and Gopis could sit and play and dance.

Five hundred years ago, when our acharyas established Temples of Radha Krishn, the situation was different. In those days, the places of Vrindaban, Barsana, Govardhan, etc. were fully woodlands. So, the Temple, surrounded by the woodland and the flower plants around it, gave enough inspiration to the devotees to think of nikunj leelas of Radha Krishn.

Now, with the excessive increase of population, trees have been cut down and the natural surroundings are destroyed. Thousands of Temples have been constructed in the last hundreds of years but they do not represent the true nikunj view which is an important aspect in forming a devotional imagination of Radha Krishn leelas.

Considering all these devotional aspects, and to reveal the real nikunj darshan of Radha Krishn, the Temple of Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani has been created. Thus, this is the first Temple in the world that represents the true devotional view of the nikunj leelas.

All the supreme Masters of Vrindaban and also Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji revealed this Divine secret that Radha is the absolute supreme form of the Divine love, the Mahabhao, (महाभाव) so She is the absolute supreme form of brahm Who Herself is Krishn. During maharas Radha Krishn revealed the Bliss of raas ras (the supreme Divine Bliss) to all the Gopis of Braj. Our Temple reveals all these aspects of Radha Bhao (Raseshwari Radha Rani as ‘Mahabhao,’ and Raseshwari Radha Rani as ‘Radha Krishn’). That is why it is called Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple which is the direct manifestation of the Grace of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj upon the souls of the world.

One thing is important to know. Wherever you go in Braj, if you have a true devotional heart, you feel a kind of Divine loving vibration everywhere in Braj. With the Grace of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj the same atmosphere is established in Barsana Dham of the U.S.A. So, the devotees who visit Barsana Dham have similar feelings as if they were actually in Braj in India.

It all happened because of Radha’s Grace. It was only Her Grace which made Braj as Braj, and the same Grace is in Barsana Dham of the U.S.A. Thus, Barsana Dham is like a part of Braj in the real sense.

Daily Darshan Schedule

7:30 am - 10:00 a.m. daily
11:00 am - 12:00 noon daily*
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm daily
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm daily
During Darshan we have chanting of Radha Krishn name.
*The Darshan on Saturday and Sunday extends to 12:30 pm