Brindában

Brindában, or BINDRABAN, a town of the North-west Provinces, on the right bank of the Jumna, 6 miles N. of Muttra. It is one of the holiest cities of the Hindus, and crowds of pilgrims come from all parts of India, more particularly in honour of Krishna; and through the munificence of wealthy devotees there are a large number of temples and shrines. Amongst the most notable temples are those of Gobind Deva (1590), Madan Mohan, Gopinath (1580), and that of the Seths, erected between 1845 and 1851 at a cost of about £450,000. Here, as at Benares, the immediate margin of the river is occupied by flights of steps or ghauts. The inhabitants of Brindaban are almost exclusively Hindu. Pop. 31,611.