page_title: Govardhan Hill
section_title: Sites
hierarchical_section_title: Govardhan Hill / Sites
caption_attribution_description: Kusuma_Sarovar Ghat Vrindavan
context_page_description: Govardhana Hill, also called Mount Govardhana, Giri Raj and Royal Hill, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, which is about 21 kilometres from Vrindavan.
  Known as Govardhan or Giriraj it is the sacred center of Braj and is identified as a natural form of the Lord Krishna himself.
context_section_description: The buildings and other structures on the Hill date from the sixteenth century. As of 2013, there is no known archaeological evidence of any remains of greater age.
  A few of the sites include:
  The sandstone monument and lake of Kusum Sarovar.
  Giriraj Temple
  Shri Chaitanya Temple, built of red sandstone and adorned with paintings of Krishna and Radha
  Radha Kund Temple
  Mansi Ganga Lake
  Danghati Temple
caption: Kusum Sarovar ("Lake of Flowers"), one of the holy sites on Govardhan Hill
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