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Shri Dwarkadheesh Mandir is one of the oldest and largest Hindu temples of Mathura city in state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The current structure of temple was built up by Seth Gokul Das Parikh, the treasurer of then Gwalior State (Scindia) in 1814, with approval and donation from Shrimant Daulatrao Scindia, Maharajah of Gwalior.

In this historic temple, Lord Krishna is worshipped in his Dwarkanath or Dwarkadhish form along with his counterpart goddess Radha in form of Radharani.The&nbsp;Dwarkadhish temple, also known as the&nbsp;Jagat Mandir&nbsp;and occasionally spelled&nbsp;Dwarakadheesh, is a&nbsp;Hindu temple&nbsp;dedicated to&nbsp;Krishna, who is worshiped here by the name&nbsp;Dwarkadhish, or &#39;King of Dwarka&#39;.

The temple is located at&nbsp;Dwarka&nbsp;city of&nbsp;Gujarat, India, which is one of the destinations of&nbsp;Char Dham, a Hindu pilgrimage circuit. The main shrine of the five-storied building, supported by 72 pillars, is known as Jagat Mandir or Nija Mandir. Archaeological findings suggest the original temple was built 2000 years ago at the earliest. The temple was enlarged in the 15th- 16th century.

According to tradition, the original temple was believed to have been built by Krishna&#39;s grandson, Vajranabha, over the hari-griha (Krishna&#39;s residential place). The original structure was destroyed by&nbsp;Mahmud Begada&nbsp;in 1472, and subsequently rebuilt in the 15th-16th century.

The temple became part of the&nbsp;Char Dham&nbsp;pilgrimage considered sacred by&nbsp;Hindus&nbsp;in India.&nbsp;Adi Shankaracharya, the 8th century Hindu theologian and philosopher, visited the shrine. The other three being comprising&nbsp;Rameswaram,&nbsp;Badrinath&nbsp;and&nbsp;Puri. Even today a memorial within the temple is dedicated to his visit.

Dwarakadheesh is the 98th&nbsp;Divya Desam&nbsp;of&nbsp;Vishnu&nbsp;on the subcontinent, glorified in the&nbsp;Divya Prabandha&nbsp;sacred texts. it was rebuilt by Raja Jagat Singh Rathore.&nbsp;The temple is at an elevation of 12.19 metres (40.0&nbsp;ft) above mean sea-level. It faces west. The temple layout consists of a&nbsp;garbhagriha&nbsp;(Nijamandira&nbsp;or&nbsp;Harigraha) and an&nbsp;antarala&nbsp;(an antechamber).However, the existing temple is dated to 16th century.

It is a five storied edifice built over 72 pillars (sandstone temple with 60 pillars is also mentioned).There are two important entrances to the temple, one is the main entry door which is called the&nbsp;Moksha Dwar&nbsp;(meaning &quot;Door to Salvation&quot;) and the exit door which is known as the&nbsp;Swarga Dwar&nbsp;(meaning: &quot;Gate to Heaven&quot;).

The main deity deified in the sanctum is of Dwarkadeesh, which is known as&nbsp;Trivikrama&nbsp;form of Vishnu and is depicted with four arms.&nbsp;On the chamber to the left of the main altar is the deity of&nbsp;Balarama, elder brother of Krishna. The chamber to the right houses the images of&nbsp;Pradyumna&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aniruddha, son and grandson of Krishna.

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In several shrines surrounding the central shrine there are idols of goddess&nbsp;Radha,&nbsp;Jambavati,&nbsp;Satyabhama&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lakshmi.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shrines of Madhav Raoji (another name for Krishna),&nbsp;Balrama&nbsp;and sage&nbsp;Durvasa&nbsp;is also present in the temple.There are also two separate shrines dedicated to&nbsp;Radha Krishna&nbsp;and&nbsp;Devaki&nbsp;just in front of the central shrine of Dwarkadhish.

The temple spire rises to a height of 78 metres (256&nbsp;ft) and a very large flag with symbols of&nbsp;Sun&nbsp;and&nbsp;Moon&nbsp;is hoisted on it.&nbsp;The flag, triangular in shape, is of 50 feet (15&nbsp;m) length. This flag is changed four times a day with a new one and&nbsp;Hindus&nbsp;pay a huge sum of money to hoist it by purchasing a new flag. The money received on this account is credited to the trust fund of the temple to meet the operation and maintenance expenses of the temple.

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The origin of the Dwarkadish Temple in Mathura can be traced back to 1814. This scared temple was constructed by Seth Gokul Das Parikh. He was a treasurer of the estate of Gwalior. He was a staunch believer in Lord Krishna and hence dedicated this temple to him.As per&nbsp;Hindu&nbsp;legend, Dwarka was built on a piece of land by Krishna that was reclaimed from the sea.

Sage&nbsp;Durvasa&nbsp;once visited Krishna and his wife&nbsp;Rukmini. The sage wished that the pair took him to their palace. The pair readily agreed and started walking with the sage to their palace. After some distance, Rukmini got tired and she requested some water from Krishna. Krishna dug a mythical hole that brought in river&nbsp;Ganga&nbsp;to the place. Sage Durvasa was furious and cursed Rukmini to remain in the place. The temple where Rukmini&#39;s shrine is found, is believed to the place where she stood.

The town of&nbsp;Dwarka&nbsp;in&nbsp;Gujarat&nbsp;has a history that dates back centuries, and mentioned in the&nbsp;Mahabharat&nbsp;epic as the&nbsp;Dwaraka Kingdom.

Situated on the banks of river Gomti, the town is described in legend as the capital of&nbsp;Krishna. Evidence such as a stone block with script, the way the stones were dressed showing that dowels had been used, and an examination of anchors found on the site suggest that the harbour site dates only to historical times, with some of the underwater structure being late Medieval.

&nbsp;Coastal erosion&nbsp;was probably the cause of the destruction of what was an ancient port.Hindus believe that the original temple was constructed by Vajranabh, the great grand son of Krishna, over the residential palace of Krishna. It was destroyed by Sultan&nbsp;Mahmud Begada&nbsp;in 1472.The current temple in&nbsp;Chaulukya style&nbsp;was constructed in 15-16th century. The temple covers area of 27-metre by 21-metre with east&ndash;west length of 29-metre and north&ndash;south width of 23 metres. The tallest peak of the temple is 51.8 m high.

Dwarkadhish Temple near Gomti river, Dwarka

Since this site is associated with the ancient city of&nbsp;Dvārakā&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Vedic era&nbsp;Krishna of&nbsp;Mahabharata, it is an important place of&nbsp;pilgrimage&nbsp;for&nbsp;Hindus. It is one of 3 main pilgrimage sites related to&nbsp;&quot;Krishna&quot;&nbsp;circuit, namely&nbsp;48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra&nbsp;in&nbsp;Haryana&nbsp;state,&nbsp;Braj Parikarma&nbsp;in&nbsp;Mathura&nbsp;of&nbsp;Uttar Pradesh&nbsp;state and&nbsp;Dwarka Parikrama&nbsp;(Dwarkadish Yatra) at Dwarkadhish Temple in&nbsp;Gujarat&nbsp;state.

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The flag atop the temple shows the sun and moon, which is believed to indicate that Krishna would be there till Sun and Moon exist on Earth.&nbsp;The flag is changed up to five times a day, but the symbol remains the same. The temple has a five-story structure built on seventy-two pillars.

The temple spire is 78.3 m high.The temple is constructed of limestone which is still in pristine condition. The temple shows intricate sculptural detailing done by successions of dynasties that ruled the region. The structure was not expanded much by these works.There are two entrances to the temple.

The main entrance (north entrance) is called &quot;Moksha Dwara&quot; (Door to Salvation). This entrance takes one to the main market. The south entrance is called &quot;Swarga Dwara&quot; (Gate to Heaven). Outside this doorway are 56 steps that leads to the Gomati River.The temple is open from 6.00&nbsp;am to 1.00&nbsp;pm and 5.00&nbsp;pm to 9.30&nbsp;pm.

The&nbsp;Krishna Janmashtami&nbsp;festival, or Gokulashtami, the birthday of&nbsp;Krishna&nbsp;was commissioned by Vallaba (1473-1531).According to a legend,&nbsp;Meera Bai, the famed Rajput princess who was also a poetess-saint and a staunch devotee of Krishna, merged with the deity at this temple.&nbsp;It is one of the Sapta Puri, the seven holy cities of India.

The temple is also the location of&nbsp;Dvaraka Pitha, one of the four&nbsp;peeths&nbsp;(religious centers) established by&nbsp;Adi Shankaracharya&nbsp;(686-717) who pioneered unification of&nbsp;Hindu&nbsp;religious beliefs in the country. It is a four storied structure representing four&nbsp;peeths&nbsp;established by Shankaracharya in different parts of the country. There are paintings on the walls here depicting the life history of Shankaracharya while the dome has carvings of&nbsp;Shiva&nbsp;in different postures.

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