Govardhan

Sacred mountain in the western part
of the Mathura district of the state of
Uttar Pradesh. According to Hindu
mythology, this was the mountain
that the god Krishna held up as
an umbrella over the Braj region to
protect its inhabitants from the storms
generated by the wrath of Indra, god
of the storm. According to the traditions of the Pushti Marg, a religious
community founded by Vallabhacharya
(1479–1531), a particular image of
Krishna called Shrinathji was discovered by Vallabhacharya on Mount
Govardhan, after Krishna revealed its
location to the saint in a dream.
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Govardhan