Govind devji temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna. The temple is situated in Jaipur in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the city palace complex. The temple is surrounded by many gardens. In among thousands of temple in Jaipur Govind Dev Ji is most popular temple. Daily thousands devotee shree Krishna comes to Govind dev ji temple.
The Maharaja of Jaipur belives that Govind is the real King and king is diwan of Govind. The temple was positioned and made such that the Maharaja can get a direct view from his palace Chandra Mahal. It is belives that the idol placed in temple looks same as Lord Krisna.
History of Govind Dev Ji Temple Jaipur
Lord Govind Dev Ji, one of the forms of Lord Krishna, is the main deity of the Kachwaha Dynasty of Amber and is associated with the rich history of Jaipur and its rulers.
It is said that the original Govind Dev Ji idol was in a temple in Vrindavan, which was excavated around 450 years ago from Goma Teela in Vrindavan by a disciple of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Rupa Goswami.
Coming to know about the existence of the temple, the then Maharaja of Amer, Sawai Man Singh along with the Mughal Emperor Akbar, built a huge temple in Vrindavan in 1590 A. D. The red sandstone used to build the temple was donated by Akbar which was intended to be used to build the Agra Fort. Additionally, the emperor also gave away around 135 acres of land for livestock and feed.
During the 17th century, the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb was on a spree razing off Hindu temples and destroying the idols. Around the same time, the idol of Govind Ji was taken care of by Shri Shiv Ram Goswami in Vrindavan. In pursuit of saving the idols, he kept transferring the idols from Vrindavan to Kama in Bharatpur to Radhakund to Govindpura in Sanganer.
