Vishram_Ghat

Vishram Ghat

Vishram Ghat

Ghat in Mathura

Vishram Ghat is a ghat, a bath and worship place, on the banks of river Yamuna in Mathura, India. The traditional parikrama starts and ends at Vishram Ghat.[1] Krishna is said to have rested at this place after killing Kamsa[2] and the name Vishram Ghat is in reference to this as it means "ghat of rest."[3]

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Along the Ghats of Mathura by Edwin Lord Weeks, c. 1883

References

  1. [1]
    "Vishram Ghat | Welcome to UP Tourism-Official Website of Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh, India". www.uptourism.gov.in. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    Shah, Arti. "Vishram Ghat". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    Ray, Sugata (31 July 2019). Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550-1850. University of Washington Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-295-74538-1.


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