Famous Temples in India

Religious Significance

According to Tarikh-I-Deoband (Syed Mehbub Rizvi, IImi-Marqaz, Deoband), On one occasion while Shri Vyas Mishra was accompanying Emperor on his march from Agra, his wife Tara, gave birth to a son at the Royal Army Camp at Bad, near Mathura on 11th day (Ekadashi) Monday of in the Samvat 1530, In grateful recognition of their answered prayers, the parents named the child after the God they had invoked and called him Hari Vana, i.e. Hari’s issue. The Emperor celebrated with pomp and splendor heralding the incarnation of sacred flute of the Lord. Gulbadan Begum, sister of the Emperor in her book “Humayaunnama” (preserved in Gulistan Library at Tehran, capital of Iran) and Zauhar Aftabchi in his book “Tazkirat-Ul-Wakiat” had described in detail that how for ten days there were festivities celebrated, profuse Lighting's fireworks, feasts, etc., continued during this period.

The Emperor, his Queen Mariam Makani, his sister Gulbadan Begum, prominent courtiers Beiram Khan, Tardi Beg, Yaqoob Beg, Zauhar Aftabchi, Dost Baba, Khoja Amber, etc. sent gifts and greetings to Pt. Vyas Mishra, Alme were given to beggarsand gifts to courtesans. One part of the Royal caravan was staying at Jamalpur Serai, three ‘Kos’ away from Bad on Agra-Delhi Road, where also festivities in the honor of Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu were celebrated on large scale for ten days supervised and managed by Abdul Majeed. To mark the serenity of the occasion, the Emperor ordered that in future royal Armies should not camp at Baad, instead Farah was declared camping ground. Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu passed his childhood at Deoband. Once playing with his playmates the ball fell in a deep wall. Mahaprabhu jumped into the well and came out with a Shri Vigraha (Lord’s idol).

This well still exists and Idol installed in the ancestral palace, at Deoband widely known as Shri Radha Navarangilalaji. Here at Deoband, once whiles asleep, Shri Radha gave Her Holy ‘darshan’ (audience) in dream to Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu and blessed Him with ‘Mantra’ (Holy couplet) under a people tree. This tree still exists at Deoband in the precincts of temple. When he had grown up, his Yagyapaveet (Sacred Thread) ceremony was performed and later he was married to Rukmini, determined to abandon the world and lead the life of an ascetic. At that time he was 32 with this resolution he set out on the road to Vrindavan and had reached Charthawal, near Muzaffarnagar. Here at night he received in a vision while asleep at night Divine command from Shri Radha, that “you will meet a Brahman who had got my Icon. Take this Icon to Vrindavan to worship as also to marry his two daughters. ”She (Shri Radha) gave a similar dream to Atmadeva Brahman. Next morning Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu was married at a simple but solemn ceremony and the icon, named Radha Vallabh gifted to him.