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/ </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.57976°N 77.69051°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.57976; 77.69051</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Hindu temple dedicated to the combined form of Radha Krishna in Vrindavan</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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vcard" style="border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #FFC569">Banke Bihari Temple</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname">Kunj Bihari Temple</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Banke Bihari in Thakur Shri Banke Bihari Temple, Vrindavan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg/220px-Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg/330px-Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg/440px-Banke_Bihari_Vrindavan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="1732" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Banke Bihari, a combined form of <a href="/wiki/Radha_Krishna" title="Radha Krishna">Radha Krishna</a> at Banke-Bihari temple, Vrindavan</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">Deity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Radha_Krishna" title="Radha Krishna">Banke Bihari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Festivals</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Janmashtami" class="mw-redirect" title="Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radhashtami" title="Radhashtami">Radhashtami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Purnima" title="Sharad Purnima">Sharad Purnima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karthik_Purnima" class="mw-redirect" title="Karthik Purnima">Karthik Purnima</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vrindavan" title="Vrindavan">Vrindavan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Banke Bihari Temple is located in Uttar Pradesh"><img alt="Banke Bihari Temple is located in Uttar Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg/240px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg/360px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg/480px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="981" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.586%;left:8.968%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Banke Bihari Temple"><img alt="Banke Bihari Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/8px-Om_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/12px-Om_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/16px-Om_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="367" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Banke_Bihari_Temple&params=27.57976_N_77.69051_E_type:landmark_region:IN-UP"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">27°34′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°41′26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.57976°N 77.69051°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.57976; 77.69051</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani architecture">Rajasthani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note">1862<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">169.77 m (557 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bankeybihari.info">bankeybihari<wbr />.info</a></span><br /> <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bihariji.org">bihariji<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <style 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From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Git_govind_large.jpg/220px-Git_govind_large.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Git_govind_large.jpg/330px-Git_govind_large.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Git_govind_large.jpg/440px-Git_govind_large.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="386" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#001A57">Supreme deity</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> / <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; 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The temple is dedicated to <b>Banke Bihari</b> who is believed to be the combined form of <a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. Banke Bihari was originally worshipped at <a href="/wiki/Nidhivan,_Vrindavan" title="Nidhivan, Vrindavan">Nidhivan, Vrindavan</a>. Later, when Banke Bihari temple was constructed around 1864, the icon of Banke Bihari was moved to its present temple.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Banke Bihari temple, the icon of <a href="/wiki/Radha_Krishna" title="Radha Krishna">Radha Krishna</a>'s united form stands in the <a href="/wiki/Tribhanga" title="Tribhanga">Tribhanga</a> posture. <a href="/wiki/Swami_Haridas" title="Swami Haridas">Swami Haridas</a> originally worshipped this <a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">murti</a> under the name of <i><b>Kunj Bihari</b></i> which means the one who enjoys in the groves or <i>Kunj</i> of Vrindavan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banke_Bihari_Temple&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Devotees taking darshan at Banke Bihari Mandir in Vrindavan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg/220px-Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg/330px-Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Banke-Bihari-Mandir-Vrindavan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Devotees at Banke Bihari Mandir in Vrindavan</figcaption></figure> <p>The icon of Banke Bihari was originally worshiped by <a href="/wiki/Swami_Haridas" title="Swami Haridas">Svāmī Haridās</a> under the name Kuñjbihārī. His disciples bestowed the name Bāṅke Bihārī due to the image's <i>tribhaṅga</i> posture. The icon's appearance is celebrated on Bihar Panchami. Formerly Bāṅke Bihārī was worshipped in <a href="/wiki/Nidhivan,_Vrindavan" title="Nidhivan, Vrindavan">Nidhivan</a>, but was moved to the present location in the 19th century due a dispute between the sādhu and gosvāmī followers of Haridās. The gosvāmī's built the current temple and reside behind it.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_scriptures">In scriptures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banke_Bihari_Temple&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In scriptures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg/190px-Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg/285px-Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg/380px-Govardhana-Mola-Ram1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> upholding the <a href="/wiki/Govardhan" title="Govardhan">Govardhan</a> mountain in the <i>Tribhanga</i> pose</figcaption></figure> <p>'Bānke' means 'bent', and 'Bihāri' or 'Vihāri' means 'enjoyer'. This is how Kṛiṣhṇa, who is bent in three places, got the name "Bānke Bihāri". According to Śrī Brahma-saḿhitā (verse 5.31), <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> says the following about Kṛishna </p><p>"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, round whose neck is swinging a garland of flowers beautified with the moon-locket, whose two hands are adorned with the flute and jewelled ornaments, who always revels in pastimes of love, whose graceful threefold-bending form of Śyāmasundara is eternally manifest."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rituals">Rituals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banke_Bihari_Temple&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rituals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banke_bihari_(54).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG/220px-Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG/330px-Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG/440px-Banke_bihari_%2854%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Worship of Radha Krishna</figcaption></figure> <p>In Banke Bihari temple, Banke Bihari is worshiped in the form of a small child. Thus, no early morning aarti is performed and no bells are hanged anywhere inside the temple premises as it may create the disturbance to Banke Bihari. Only on the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Krishna Janmashtami</a>, mangala aarti (early morning aarti) is performed. Curtains are drawn closed repeatedly in every five minutes to avoid the uninterrupted darshan of Banke Bihari as according to the popular belief if darshans are not interrupted, Banke bihari may accompany devotees to their homes, leaving temple empty. Only once a year, Banke Bihari holds the flute in his hands which is on the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Purnima" title="Sharad Purnima">Sharad Purnima</a>. Only once in the month of Shravan is Banke Bihari placed in a swing.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banke_Bihari_Temple&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Entrance of Banke Bihari Temple"><img alt="Entrance of Banke Bihari Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG/90px-Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG/135px-Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG/180px-Bankebihari_temple_main_gate_Vrindavan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Entrance of Banke Bihari Temple</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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