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Radha-Damodar Temple was founded by Srila Jiva Goswami, nephew of Rupa and Sanatana Goswami. He was son of Annupam.
Sadhana-dipika mentions that Sri Rupa Goswami had many skills. He could carve Deities, draw, he was expert astrologists and fluent in Sanskrit, Bengali, Persian and other languages.

In Karttik 1542 Sri Rupa, knowing Jiva's desire for the Deity, personally carved, installed and offered a small Deity of Damodar to his foremost disciple. Eight inches high Lord Damodar came from a piece of black marble brought from Vindhya Parvat in central India.

"Dama" means "rope" and "udara" is "abdomen". Damodar is a form of Krisna who is being bound by the ropes of mother Yasoda because He broke the yogurt and milk pots like the ordinary naughty boy.

This temple was built for Jiva Goswami by Maharaja Man Singh from Jaipur (Ambra). On the left you can see opened altar. The temple room is actually roofless courtyard.

Other Deities worshiped here are the Radha Vrindavan-candra Deities worshipped by Krisnadas Kaviraj Goswami, the Radha-Madhava Deities of Jayadev Goswami, and the Radha-Chalacikana Deities of Bhugarbha Goswami. The original Deities were all moved to Jaipur.

Original Radha Damodar Deities made by Rupa Goswami for Jiva (Jaipur)



There is a Govardhan-sila in this temple that was worshiped by Sanatana Goswami. It has Lord Krisna's footprint on it, and it was given to Sanatana Goswami by Krisna Himself. Sanatan was getting old and couldn't circumambulate whole Govardhan any more (21 km).

Lord Krisna gave him this sila and told him that circumambulating this sila is as good as circumambulating the whole Govardhan Hill. For a small donation the pujari will show you this sila. You can see the imprints of Krisna's footprint, walking stick, flute, and the hoof-print of a calf imbedded in the sila.





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