Banke Bihari Temple
A temple where the curtain is drawn every few minutes, because the deity's gaze is held to be too much to meet for long.
- Where
- Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 27.5798, 77.6905
Get the Banke Bihari Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Banke Bihari Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Banke Bihari Temple
Radha Raman Temple 0.6 km
A self manifested deity, and no photographs.
Nidhivan, Vrindavan 0.8 km
A tulsi grove in Vrindavan that devotees believe is left to Radha and Krishna alone after dark.
ISKCON Vrindavan 1.5 km
Where the movement began, in 1975.
Prem Mandir 2.0 km
Italian marble finished in 2012, lit at night in changing colour, with the Ras Leela carved around its base.
Vishram Ghat 7.5 km
The ghat where Krishna is said to have rested after killing Kansa, and where the Yamuna is worshipped every evening.
Kans Quila 8.0 km
A fortified ruin at Mathura that people have called Kansa's castle since at least the eighteenth century.
Krishna Janmasthan 8.6 km
The prison cell Krishna is said to have been born in, and a mosque beside it.
Government Museum, Mathura 9.7 km
The red sandstone Kushan sculpture of Mathura, gathered in one octagonal building.
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Questions
Where is Banke Bihari Temple?
Banke Bihari Temple is in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Radha Raman Temple (0.6 km), Nidhivan, Vrindavan (0.8 km), ISKCON Vrindavan (1.5 km).
How do I get the Banke Bihari Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Banke Bihari Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Banke Bihari Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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