Sri Yamuna ji Dharmaraj mandir

 Sri Yamuna ji Dharmaraj mandir

the two sons of Suryadev Yama and Yamuna deities in Visram ghat

             

                            Yamuna devi beatifull paint

Lord Siva protector of holy place in his form of Siva linga

                a view of  very place of Visram ghat

     a lord Siva devotee giving bath in a full heart feelings

                     The first sitting place of Ballabhacarya

Sri Ballabhacarya

In Mathura
 Vishram Ghat is the most important ghat because the traditional parikrama starts and ends at this place. It is said that Lord Krishna rested here after killing Kamsa and his 8 brothers. Vishrama means “to rest”. Before beginning Braj Mandal parikrama, pilgrims take bath on this ghat. It is also said that Lord Chaitanya took bath in Vishram Ghat when they visited Mathura.

People say that after killing Hiranyaksa, Lord Varaha (Lord Vishnu in his boar incarnation) rested here. He spoke Adi Varaha Purana to Bhudevi (Mother Earth) while resting in this place. Vyasadeva (a saint) recorded Adi Varaha Purana

Every evening, there is a sunset arati offered to river Yamuna. Most people visit this place in the evening especially for this arati. This Ghat was reconstructed in the year 1814.
There is a small temple, Yamuna-Yamaraj Temple next to Vishram Ghat. Other temples at this ghat are Annapurna Temple, Vasudeva Devaki Temple and Krishna Balarama Temple.

 The Yama Dvitiya Festival 

is the famous festival celebrated at Vishram Ghat on the second of Karttika Shukla.

Brothers and sisters bathe on Yama Dvitiya

As many as 50,000 people, brothers and sisters of all ages, representing most of the northern states of India from Gujarat to Bengal, bathed in the Yamuna on Sunday, especially at Vishram Ghat. The large number of bathers freshened the memory of Kumbha Mela.

Tradition has it that the older sister takes her brother by the hand and the two bathe together in the Yamuna. Yamuna is the twin sister of Yamaraj, the god of death, and it is said that she intervenes on behalf of brothers and sisters to protect them from the depradations of her brother.
After bathing custom has it that the brother and sister go to the Yamuna-Yamaraj temple and offer prayers there. Afterwards, the sister marks her brother’s forehead with tilak, symbolizing her wishes for his long life. Then they will exchange sweets and gifts and the brother usually offers a sari or some other piece of clothing to his sister.

Yamaraj-Yamuna temple at Vishram Ghat

Many people started coming in the middle of the night to bathe, from about 2 a.m. and the crowd remained constant until late afternoon. The city was well prepared with boats and divers to be at the ready in case of accident. Unfortunately, water levels near the ghats were low and there was a lot of slippery mud everywhere, causing difficulty for bathers.

With one exception, everything went smoothly. At about 10.30, city drains overflowed at the nearby sewage treatment plant and there was an influx of black water along the banks of the river, filling the bathing area. Luckily, it was quickly noticed and taken care of so that the disturbance was short-lived.
To help control the crowds, no vehicular traffic of any kind, including two-wheelers, was allowed past the Holi Gate. Nevertheless, the effect of the influx of pilgrims was felt in traffic jams throughout the rest of the city.
The district prison was also a site where lines of women came to offer their best wishes to their incarcerated brothers.

Sister pours Yamuna water over younger brother.