Directory
The temples of Braj.
Timings, history, dress codes, photography rules, and the advice that isn't on the signboard — one page per temple, written for a first-time visitor.
Vrindavan
In Vrindavan
Banke Bihari
Shri Banke Bihari Mandir
The beating heart of Vrindavan — mischievous, crowded, and unlike any other darshan in India.
Visit the temple →Radha-Krishna and Sita-Ram
Prem Mandir
Vrindavan's white-marble spectacle — carved like lace, lit like a jewel, and built within living memory.
Visit the temple →Krishna-Balaram, Radha-Shyamasundar, Gaura-Nitai
ISKCON Krishna Balaram Mandir
The international heart of Vrindavan — round-the-clock kirtan, English-friendly, and the easiest first temple for a foreign visitor.
Visit the temple →Radha Raman
Shri Radha Raman Mandir
Small, ancient, and impeccably kept — the connoisseur's temple, worshipped without pause since 1542.
Visit the temple →Sacred grove of the rasa-lila; shrine of Rang Mahal
Nidhivan
The locked garden — a grove of bowed tulsi trees that no one may enter after dark, and no one quite explains.
Visit the temple →Govind Dev
Shri Govind Dev Mandir
The red sandstone colossus of 1590 — the grandest temple ever raised in Braj, and still its most astonishing building.
Visit the temple →Radha Vallabh
Shri Radha Vallabh Mandir
The temple of Radha's name — five centuries of love-poetry set to music in the old town's most devoted lane.
Visit the temple →Ranganatha
Shri Rangji Mandir (Sri Ranganatha)
A piece of Tamil Nadu in Braj — gopuram, gold pillar, walled gardens, and the biggest temple compound in Vrindavan.
Visit the temple →Madan Mohan
Shri Madan Mohan Mandir
The oldest temple in Vrindavan — Sanatana Goswami's hilltop tower above the old bend of the Yamuna.
Visit the temple →Radha Damodar
Shri Radha Damodar Mandir
The scholars' temple — Jiva Goswami's seat, Rupa Goswami's samadhi, and a Govardhan parikrama four courtyard-circles long.
Visit the temple →Chhote Radha Raman
Shahji Mandir
The jewelers' temple — spiral marble columns, Belgian chandeliers, and Vrindavan at its most unabashedly ornate.
Visit the temple →Jugal Kishore
Jugal Kishore Mandir (Kesi Ghat)
The 1627 sandstone survivor above Kesi Ghat — old Vrindavan's riverfront, temple and ghat in one frame.
Visit the temple →Shiva as Gopeshwar — the lord who became a gopi
Gopeshwar Mahadev Mandir
Shiva in a sari — the guardian of the raas, dressed each evening as the gopi he once became.
Visit the temple →Krishna, with Rama and the avataras through nine storeys of white marble
Pagal Baba Mandir
The mad saint's white tower — ten storeys, mechanical puppet lilas, and the best-loved family stop on the Mathura road.
Visit the temple →Mathura
In Mathura
Krishna
Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi
The birthplace — a prison cell turned sanctum, and the reason Mathura exists on every pilgrim map.
Visit the temple →Dwarkadhish
Dwarkadhish Mandir
Mathura's merchant-built jewel — carved courtyards, Rajasthani color, and the old city's daily devotional pulse.
Visit the temple →Barsana
In Barsana
Radha Rani, the queen of Braj
Shri Radha Rani Mandir (Shriji Temple)
Radha's hilltop palace — two hundred steps up, the best view in Braj, and the throne of Lathmar Holi.
Visit the temple →Kirti Maiya with the child Radha — the only great temple of Radha's mother
Kirti Mandir (Rangeeli Mahal)
A temple for the mother — white marble at the foot of Radha's hill, holding the divine child in her mother's lap.
Visit the temple →A growing directory
Thousands of temples, one page at a time.
Braj holds more shrines than any directory will ever finish. We add temples as we can verify their details in person — timings and rules here change with seasons and festivals, so treat hours as a guide and confirm locally on the day.
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