Shri Sawaman Shaligram Temple, Vrindavan
Location:
Sawaman Shaligram Temple is located opposite of Shri Radha Shyamsundar Temple in loi bazar, Vrindavan.
The Padma Purana mentions that Lord Vishnu, in the Satyuga by the curse of Vrinda, the wife of the demon Jalandhar, took the form of the Shaligrama rock, inhabiting the Gandaki River, which is located in Nepal. From this Gandaki river, a Shaligram rock of Sawaman (48 kg) was obtained. Which today is duly worshiped in the temple of Vrindavan. According to the temple priest Shrikant Bohre, a Vaishnava of the Shri Vaishnava sect was doing penance in the Nepal jungle over a period of time, he was ordered in the dream that a huge Shaligrama rock in the Gandaki river is to be removed and bring to Vrindavan. When the saint reached the river Gandaki, he got the rock. He made a pannier ...Read more