Seva Kunj, Vrindavan — Attraction in Uttar Pradesh

Vrindavan is a beautiful place and famous because Lord Krishna spent his childhood here. The place is bestowed with his blessing and there are several holy places which will stun you with its miraculous spiritual presence of Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha Rani. Seva Kunj is yet another holy place in Vrindavan that celebrates the unconditional love of the blissful couple Radha-Krishna.

Seva Kunj Mandir in Vrindavan is magnificent place showing the divine love of Radha Ji and Kanhaji. Seva Kunj is also known as “Nikunj” Van. This place is close to Lord Krishna’s heart. There is a beautiful idol of Radha Krishna in this temple. There is also a kund here known as Lalita Kund. It is believed that every night Lord Krishna and Radha Rani visit this place. So, this place is closed totally after evening. Although we can see many monkeys during daytime but by evening, they also leave this place. Seva Kunj in Vrindavan is addressed so because it is believed that Lord Krishna served the Radha Rani in this sacred place. Krishna helped her in getting ready for Raas Leela by combing hair and decorating her with ornaments. This can be depicted by the mesmerizing painting on the wall and the shlokas inscribed here from the Hindu Scriptures.

Seva Kunj Mandir is decorated every night and all necessary items are placed here for a night. Here in this mandir, devotees aslo see the beautiful paintings of Lord Krishna and Radha doing Raas Leela with the Gopis. Paintings depict the Lord Krishna serving Radha rani with massage to after the pious Raas Leela.

Seva Kunj Temple Timings: 08:00 am – 07:30 pm

The temple remains closed between 11:00...

"This place is also called Nikuñjavana. It lies just near the temple of Śrī Rādhā-Dāmodara, to the south-west. A painting of Śrīmatī Rādhikā with Śrī Kṛṣṇa massaging Her feet is worshipped here in a small temple. The Vrajavāsīs say that even today Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Yugala perform Their pastimes here every night. Everyone therefore leaves this kuñja at dusk. Even the impudent monkeys independently leave this kuñja as the evening falls. From time to time it happens that someone stubbornly tries to remain here during the night, and in the morning is found dead. Others have by some means escaped death, but have become completely insane. Bhakta Rasakhāna searched for Kṛṣṇa all over Vraja but without success. Finally, he had darśana of rasika Śrī Kṛṣṇa at this very place. He has revealed this in his beautiful poetry as follows: dekhyo duryo vah kuñj kuṭīr meṁ baiṭhyo paloṭat rādhikā pāyan “Standing in the doorway of the kuñja, I watch Kṛṣṇa as He sits massaging Rādhikā’s feet submissively.” [The word paloṭa here indicates that Kṛṣṇa is massaging in the mood, “I will not go to Candrāvalī’s kuñja again.”]

In Sevā-kuñja, we also find Lalitā-kuṇḍa. When Lalitā was feeling thirsty during rāsa, Kṛṣṇa manifested this beautiful kuṇḍa by digging it with His flute. Lalitā and the sakhīs drank the kuṇḍa’s sweet, cool water and refreshed themselves. There is a keli-kadamba tree nearby whose every knot bulges out and resembles a round śālagrāma."

Excerpt from the book 'Sri Vraja-mandal Parikrama' by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana...

Seva Kunj, also known as Nikunj Van (forest), is located in Vrindavan. Vrindavan is a city which goes synonymous with the life of Lord Krishna. It is a town in Mathura district where according to Mahabharata, Lord Krishna spent his childhood. It is one of the most important Hindu pilgrim point. The place is known as Seva Kunj because Lord Krishna used to do seva (selfless service) of Radha and helped her get ready for Raas Leela (a holy dance).Seva Kunj was discovered by Swami Hit Harivansh in 1590. Followers of his sampraday maintain this sacred site and offer daily pooja seva to the presiding deity. It has a beautiful temple dedicated to Radha Krishna which is also known as Rang Mahal, where Radha and Krishna used to perform Raas Leela along with other gopis of Vrindavan. The temple’s walls are decorated with paintings of various leelas performed by Shri RadhaKrishna. Each painting depicts different aspect of Radha and Krishna. One of the painting depicts Krishna combing and decorating hairs of Radha. In another painting, Lord Krishna is massaging legs of Radha after she is tired of Raas Leela. Other paintings depicts RadhaKrishna playing Holi and in one Krishna is enthralling Radha while playing flute.

Seva Kunj The temple gates get closed after sunset and no one is allowed to enter the temple after evening aarti, as it is a local myth that Radha Krishna still perform Raas Leela and no one is allowed to see this divine spectacle. Even the monkeys which crowd the temple in the daytime, desert the temple...