Agra, Mathura & Vrindavan - March 11th, 2007

This town is located 60 kms. north west of Agra. After reading the quote about Mathura: "Land of Eternal Love", rediscovered in the 16th century by scholars, I was really looking forward to see it. It turned out to be another dusty small town.
Mathura is believed to be where Krishna was born and spent his early years.
Visited Sri Krishna Janumbhoomi, where a 3-D rock mural if Krishna epics is, and underneath the big rock a passage to a bare room with a piece of rock on which Krishna is said to have been born 3500 years ago.
After taken a shared autorishaw for 10 kms. from Mathura to Vrindavan, I can assure you it's more thrilling than any bumpy roller coaster in Magic Mountain. Many pilgrims, temples, ashrams and dusty roads. The Hare Krishna community has their International Society for Krishna Counsciousness located ina beautiful carved white marble temple complex. There are hundreds of Russian devotees there attending courses and seminars. A very sweet Russian lady gave me a tour of the premises.
Tonight there was such a hail storm with big chunks of ice that, at first, I thought it was fireworks outside. What a way to wrap up a long dusty day!