‘We come to Banke Bihari in Vrindavan only for these kunj streets. Our children run barefoot in the streets here. If these keys will not remain the streets, then why will we come? We do not want such a convenience to end the streets.
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These words are Madhuri Soni from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Madhuri often comes to Vrindavan to see Banke Bihari. At this time, the survey of Banke Bihari Temple Corridor is in the last phase. Kunj streets will be broken after the survey. Due to this, Kunj streets are in discussion. The Goswami family and local shopkeepers of Vrindavan are protesting to save them.
Dainik Bhaskar The team reached Vrindavan. Looked at these streets, understood their importance. Know the history related to Lord Krishna, talked to the people living in these streets. Know how many streets will end in the corridor.
In the first part of the special news series of Banke Bihari Corridor, read about the Kunj streets where Kanhaiya played …
This is a kunj street. There is a preparation to break such streets for the corridor. This is being opposed.
Krishna used to play in the streets here Vrindavan is 15 km from Mathura. It is considered to be the spiritual home of Lord Krishna. Most of the temples of Lord Krishna in Mathura are also here. There are more than 5 thousand temples including Banke Bihari, Prem Mandir, Krishna-Balaram ISKCON Temple, Radhavallabh, Govind Dev, Madan Mohan, Rangaji, Jaipur, Seva Kunj, Shahaji. Among all these, the Banke Bihari temple has a distinct identity. Every day 40 to 50 thousand devotees arrive here. On the day of the holidays, this number reaches 1 lakh and 3 to 5 lakhs on a particular festival.
There are 22 streets from the main route to reach the Banke Bihari temple. Apart from this, there are more than 100 small streets, which are connected to each other. After the Supreme Court order, it is now scheduled to be a corridor here. With the construction of this corridor, more than 20 streets including 9 large streets are ending. It is being opposed at the local level. Walking in one such street, our team met a woman. His name is Santosh Sharma.
There are 22 streets from the main route to reach the Banke Bihari temple.
On talking about the breaking of the corridor and these streets, she says- there are many cities, but Braj is left a few. Vrindavan is a small Braj, it is good if it is allowed to remain Braj. It should not be destroyed. The Kunj streets here are the streets of Lord Krishna. God used to play here. Going to the banks of Yamuna, he used to play with gopis. Now we are being removed. If we go away from them, how will we be able to live?
Santosh Sharma further says- I claim that whoever stays here 40 days, he again becomes here. He will never think of destroying the streets of Braj again. Then there is so much place in front of the temple, railing should be built there. Corridor should be built on the banks of Yamuna. The crowd should be managed from there.
9 streets will break near the temple Vrindavan has more than 300 small and big streets. There are about 100 streets around the Banke Bihari temple. There are 22 streets that go directly to the Banke Bihari temple. In the event of a corridor, 9 streets will end. The administration has named these streets. The names of these streets are Sneh Bihari, Dusayat Gali, Goli Galli, Mohan Bagh Gali, Ashtasakhi Gali, Haveli Wali, Dauji Temple, Bazaar Gali, Police Outpost Gali. Their width ranges from 4 to 10 feet. The length ranges from 100 meters to 300 meters.
This is Vrindavan’s drone view. There are about 50 lanes around the Banke Bihari temple.
Madhuri, who came from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, says about the Soni Corridor- We do not want such convenience to end the streets. If the crowd is to manage, then the administration should make some more arrangements. The corridor was built in the Mahakal temple of Ujjain. There is no facility there. The line is taken for 4 to 8 hours. We reach Banke Bihari before this. His courtyard lives 1-1 hours, no one says anything.
Why the streets are added to Lord Krishna Lord Krishna was born in the last time of the Dwapara era. According to the Puranas, he was born about 5 thousand 252 years ago. But, the history of Kunj streets is about 500 years ago. Then why are they connected to Shri Krishna? We met Ghanshyam Goswami, former vice -president of Shri Banke Bihari Temple Management Committee on this question. Ghanshyam says- Vrindavan has been the sports land of Krishna. Understand this from this verse.
Ghanshyam Goswami Shloka tells the meaning in Hindi- Whom are you sitting in mind, Sukhdev, come to Vrindavan and see me. Thakur ji lives in the streets here all the time, to see him, a divine vision is needed. Banke Bihari ji was revealed from Kunj streets. At that time there were such dense forests and vines here that sunlight did not come. 500 years ago, Swami Haridas ji performed penance on the banks of Yamuna and then Thakur ji appeared.
Krishna came 5 thousand years ago, Kunj streets 500 years old, then how is the connection?
Mention in Bhagwat Gita and Garg Samhita The Goswami family has been doing service in the Banke Bihari temple. We spoke to Gopi Goswami, the senior servant of the temple regarding the history of Kunj streets. He says- Every street of Vrindavan is associated with Thakurji. It is mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita and Garg Samhita.
Krishna came 5 thousand years ago, Kunj streets are only 500 years old, so what was the connection? The answer is that Vrindavan disappeared after Lord Krishna left. There was a dense forest here. After this, Aradhya Prabhu Banke Bihari appeared here in 1543 with the music of the great musician Swami Haridas Maharaj, born in Haridaspur in Harigarh.
Gopi Goswami says- All these are mentioned in Vrindavan Namavali, Vrindavan Dhamavali. At that time, 48 forests were together Vrindavan. There is a verse in the Bhagavata Gita- say liberation, Gopal hundred, tell me my liberation, Braj Raja is free, then it is free. Meaning, it is a matter of good fortune to come here for liberation. There was no entry of Garun here. Lakshmiji did not enter.
Talk of Kunj streets in Shrimad Bhagwat There were no Kunj streets in Vrindavan 500 years ago. Then there were kunj vines. In Srimad Bhagwat, Arjuna asked Shri Krishna, where do you live, everyone was looking for you? Lord Krishna replied to this-
Its Hindi means- Sun, Moon and Agni cannot be illuminated at the place where I live. Once he goes there, he does not return to the world again. That is our abode. Here Shri Krishna Kunj says this about the streets. Kunj streets are not mentioned in the Puranas, while Lata Kunj is mentioned in the Puranas. Vrindavan’s form in Dwapar was in the form of forest and there was no settlement, the streets were later named.
2 legends prevalent about Kunj streets In Kunj streets, we met 60 -year -old quadrilateral Goswami. He runs a shop near the Radhavallabh temple. He narrates a popular anecdote about Kunj streets. It is said that once King Akbar came here. At that time, he met Haridas ji in Kunj streets.
Akbar said- Maharaj, tell us some service. He refused first, then on the repeatedly saying Akbar said that our ladder has broken a bit, get it made. Akbar agreed and said, “Show it. The ladder was shining with the gem. Seeing this, Akbar’s account failed. He said that we do not have so much power.
Vrindavan has more than 300 small and big streets. The streets near the temple are very good.
While narrating another anecdote about the quadrilateral streets, Chaturbhuj says- There is a account behind the streets that are made. At one time there was a terror of Muslim invaders in the country. However, they could not come to the Kunj streets. The streets are like a lacquer. Here 4-5 men were stationed in every street to protect Banke Bihari (temple). The rest 2-4 years ago, no one had problems with these streets. However, since the police was stationed, everyone had trouble. These people close the road, so the crowd grows.
Vrindavan was the most developed during devotional period We met Gopal Sharan Sharma, the publication officer and Braj Culture expert of Braj Culture Research Institute, about the origin of the streets of Vrindavan. He says- Bhaktikal was going on in the 16th century. At that time Vrindavan was emerging as a big center of devotion. The Mughals ruled, there was chaos in the country. Devotion was the most powerful medium to keep the country in the thread of unity. Therefore, saints of the south also came here. At that time there were 3 Acharyas.
First- Swami Haridas ji, second- Hithar dynasty and third- Hareram Vyas ji. Haridas ji revealed Thakurji with devotion to Krishna. Many more Leela appeared in Vrindavan, such as the slaughter of demons in one and ripped in the other.
The Leela of Vrindavan was Kunj and Nikunj’s Leela. Banke Bihari used to do leelas with Priya Pritam here. At that time his friend Balaram did not enter. Radha’s octaves could not come here. At that time, the whole area here was good (covered) with the vines of Kunj i.e. trees. All these are mentioned in speech literature. In it, Lord Krishna is called Shyama Kunj Bihari.
Gopal Sharma says- At the time when Vrindavan was being urbanized, many kings were constructing temples. There was no system of living in temples. At that time, the King Maharajas made Kunj. There were also streets here. Later the streets continued to grow. The name of a street of Vrindavan is Dan Gali. It is believed that here Banke Bihari used to ask for donations from the gopis. There is a value street. It is said that Radha was sitting here assuming. The value means getting angry.
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