Heilige Orte
Discover the holy dhāmas and sacred places connected with bhakti.
Vrindavan
The forest village on the Yamuna where Krishna spent his childhood pastimes, and the spiritual heart of the bhakti tradition. Over five thousand temples fill its lanes, Banke Bihari, Radha Raman and Radha Damodar among them, and the sound of the Holy Name…
Mathura
The ancient city on the Yamuna where Krishna appeared in the prison of King Kamsa, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. That same night Vasudeva carried the newborn across the river to Gokula, and Krishna later returned to free Mathura from Kamsa. Living in…
Govardhan Hill
Der heilige Hügel, den Krishna hochhob, um die Bewohner von Vraja zu schützen, und der als nicht verschieden von Krishna selbst verehrt wird. Pilger umrunden ihn barfuß auf dem 21 Kilometer langen parikrama-Weg, vorbei an Radha Kund, Kusum Sarovar und unzähligen Schreinen.
Radha Kund
Der kleine Teich neben dem Govardhan-Hügel, den die Gaudiya-Tradition als den heiligsten aller heiligen Orte ansieht, der persönliche Badeteich von Srimati Radharani. Seine stillen Ghats ziehen die hingebungsvollsten Praktizierenden der Tradition an.
Sri Mayapur, Navadvipa Dham
Die neun Inseln von Navadvipa am Zusammenfluss des Ganges, wo Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 erschien und die sankirtan-Bewegung begann, das gemeinsame Chanten der Heiligen Namen, das BeeBhakti feiern möchte.
Jagannath Puri
The ocean-side city of Lord Jagannath, one of India's four great dhams, where Sri Chaitanya spent his final eighteen years absorbed in kirtan. Its annual Ratha-yatra chariot festival, rolled for at least eight centuries, is now echoed in cities across the…
Dwarka
On the western coast, Dwarka was Krishna's capital after He left Mathura: a city the Bhagavatam describes as built in the sea, where He ruled as a king with His queens and received devotees such as Sudama. It is one of the four dhams of India, and the…
Kurukshetra
Die Ebene, auf der Krishna am Vorabend des Mahabharata-Krieges die Bhagavad-gita zu Arjuna sprach, siebenhundert Verse, die bis heute der meistgelesene Text der bhakti sind. Jyotisar unter einem uralten Banyanbaum markiert den überlieferten Ort des Gesprächs.
Ekachakra
Das stille bengalische Dorf, in dem Lord Nityananda, Sri Chaitanyas engster Gefährte und die Verkörperung göttlicher Barmherzigkeit, um 1474 erschien. Pilger besuchen den Tempel an seinem Geburtsort und die Orte der Spiele seiner Kindheit.
Udupi
Madhvacharya installed the Deity of Krishna here in the thirteenth century, and Udupi remains the seat of his line: our own tradition is the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya. On His tour of South India, Sri Chaitanya visited Udupi, saw the dancing Gopala and…
Badrinath / Badarikashrama
High in the Himalayas on the Alaknanda river, Badarikashrama is where the sage Nara-Narayana performs austerities for the good of the world, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. Srila Vyasadeva's ashram is remembered nearby, where he divided the Vedas and…
Shantipur
On the Ganges in Bengal, Shantipur was the home of Sri Advaita Acharya. Grieving for the suffering world, he worshipped the Lord with Ganges water and tulasi leaves and called out for Him to descend, and Sri Chaitanya appeared in answer…
Naimisharanya
In this forest on the Gomati river, the sages led by Saunaka Rishi gathered for a long sacrifice and asked Suta Goswami to speak about Krishna. His answer is the Srimad-Bhagavatam as we read it today (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.4). Srila Prabhupada explains that…