According to the Srimad Bhagavatam, when Akrura was taking Krishna and Balaram from Vrindavan to Mathura on the order of Kamsa, they halted on the way on the banks of the Yamuna. While Krishna and Balaram rested under a tree there, Akrura went to take bath and had Darshan of Krishna and Balaram as Vishnu reclining on Ananta Shesha. The place where this pastime was enacted came to be known as Akrura Ghat. This is also the place where the residents of Vrindavan saw the Vaikuntha planets in the water of the Yamuna. This place assumes significance from the fact that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made Akrura Ghat His headquarters as long as He was in Vrindavan when He came here from Varanasi. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also took bath in the Yamuna here and remained submerged in the water for a long ti...