Places to visit in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

16 places to see in Mathura, including temples & shrines, pilgrimage routes, villages & hidden gems. Each page has the best time, how long to plan, and what is open on the date you choose.

• Banke Bihari TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesVrindavan's most crowded temple, where the curtain is drawn across the deity every few minutes.
• BarsanaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesRadha's hilltop temple and the Lathmar Holi where the women do the beating.
• Dauji Temple, BaldeoMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBraj's main Balram temple, and the Huranga Holi where the men lose their shirts.
• Dwarkadhish TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesMathura's main Vallabh-sect temple, built 1814, with a swing festival every Shravan.
• Gokul and MahavanMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe village Krishna was carried to as a baby, with the Raman Reti sands and the 84-pillared hall next door.
• Govardhan ParikramaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe 21 km barefoot circuit round the hill Krishna lifted, the core walk of Braj.
• Government Museum, MathuraMathura, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe largest collection of Mathura-school sculpture, Kushan kings included. Closed Mondays.
• ISKCON Krishna Balaram MandirMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe ISKCON temple Prabhupada built in 1975, where his samadhi now stands.
• Kans QilaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · FortsRuined riverside fort above the Mathura ghats, once the site of a Jai Singh observatory.
• NandgaonMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKrishna's childhood village, where the men take their turn at Lathmar Holi the day after Barsana.
• Nidhivan and Seva KunjMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesTulsi groves locked every night for the raas, and full of monkeys who want your glasses.
• Prem MandirMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe 2012 white marble temple that lights up in colours every evening.
• Radha Kund and Kusum SarovarMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBraj sacred tanks and a 1760s Jat sandstone cenotaph, side by side on the Govardhan road.
• Radha Raman TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA 1542 Goswami temple whose kitchen fire has, by tradition, never gone out.
• Shri Krishna JanmabhoomiMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKrishna's birthplace, rebuilt many times over, and the busiest spot in Mathura on Janmashtami night.
• Vishram GhatMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesMathura Yamuna ghat where the evening aarti is held, with lamps floating downstream.

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