Thiruvaaipadi is traditionally enumerated as number 103 among the 108 Divya Desams — the sacred abodes of Sri Maha Vishnu sung by the Alvars.
. _ This divya desa is about eight miles away from Mathura. _To reach this divya desa, orie has to go about three miles from Mathura and cross the bridge on the river Yamuna. After crossing the bridge, one can take a bus and cover about five miles to reach this place. The Lord here is known as the Navamohana Krishna. He is seen in a standing pose facing east. His consorts are Rukmani and Satyabama. The theertha is Yamuna river. The vimana is known as Hemakuta vimana. God appeared to Nandagopa.
Inthis divya desa also, the temple as well as the vigrahas to which the alvars did mangalasasana are not in existence now. The temple and the idols that we see today are those that have been installed ata later date. About 3 1/4 miles away from Gokulam is a place known as Purana Gokulam i.e. old Gokulam. There is a temple there. Some people say that that is the original Gokulam. Yamuna river flows in front of the temple at Purana Gokula. The idols of Nandagopa, Yasodha, and Balarama can be seen there. A small idol of child Krishna lying down in a wooden craddle is also there. A peculiar feature of all these idols is that they are made out of wood. As we are not sure as to which is the original divya desa, the pilgrims are advised to visit both the places named as Purana Gokulam as well as Gokulam.
Krishna though born to Vasudeva and Devaki was brought up completely by Nandagopa and Yasodha. Ayarpadi i.e. Gokulam is the place where Nandagopa and Yasodha brought up Krishna. The great poet Surdas who was the disciple of Sri Vallabhacharya visited Ayarpadi and it is said that only when he stood in front of the idol of Navaneetha Krishna in this temple, poetry flowed out of his tongue. It is believed that Surdas is the re-incarnation of Akroora, another famous devotee of Lord Krishna. Gokulanmris the place where Krishna performed all his childhood leelas. It is the place where Yasodha tied Him with the coir rope to a pestle. It is the place where Krishna tore to pieces the rope with which
Yasodha tied Him. It is also the place where Yasodha collected all the torn bits of rope and knotted them together, made a fresh
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