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ब्रजाचार्य श्री नारायण भट्ट जी · Brajacharya Shri Narayan Bhatt Ji
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Brajacharya Shri Narayan Bhatt Ji: before whom Ladli Ji appeared, and who found the lila sthalis of Braj again.
Facts, with sources
| Fact | Source |
|---|---|
| Born Vaishakh Shukla 14, Samvat 1588 (1531), Narasimha Chaturdashi, Madurai | Source: Hindi Wikipedia, History Pandit |
| Reached Braj in Samvat 1602 (1545); diksha at Radha Kund from Krishnadas Brahmachari | Source: Hindi Wikipedia, Braj Ras |
| Vraja Bhakti Vilasa, 1552: more than 300 places, the basis of the 84 kos parikrama | Source: Braj Ras |
| Installed Baldev ji (Dauji) at Unchagaon and Ladli Ji at Barsana | Source: Hindi Wikipedia |
| Handed Ladli Ji's seva to his disciple Narayan Das Goswami, whose descendants are the sevayat Goswamis | Source: Vrindavan Today |
| Shriji's temple: one source gives 1569, others give other years | Source: Sangeet Natak, 2005, English Wikipedia |
| Established the ban yatra and the raslila | Source: Growse, 1883, History Pandit |
| Works: 24 to 60 by different counts; Brajotsava Chandrika, Premankur Natak | Source: Sangeet Natak, 2005, History Pandit, Hindi Wikipedia |
| Titles: Brajacharya, Narad avatar | Source: History Pandit, Braj Breaking, 2025 |
| Held to have given Radha the name Lado, hence Ladli Ji's temple | Source: Vivek Dutt, newspaper article |
| His line today: kanthi diksha, the first Radhashtami rites, the Radha Yantra | Source: Vrindavan Today |
Pictures
Our own photographs of Unchagaon follow the 17 and 18 October shoot. Until then, the pictures on this site come from Wikimedia Commons and museums, each under its own licence.
Author and licence of every picture
The peeth’s lotus mark: SVG · PNG
Narayan Bhatt Ji’s traditional portrait, the murals, the charan paduka and Maharaj Ji’s photo belong to the peeth; please ask the peeth before publishing them.
Please do not publish photographs of the temple sanctum without permission.
Contact
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Sources for this page
- Hindi Wikipedia: Narayan Bhatt
- Braj Ras: Shri Narayan Bhatt Goswami
- Vrindavan Today, Jagannath Poddar: The Sacred Radhashtami Rituals of Shri Ladli Ji Mandir, Barsana, 19 Sep 2026
- Chhedilal Kansyakar, The Boodhi-lila of Braj, Sangeet Natak, Vol. 39 No. 2, 2005
- English Wikipedia: Radha Rani Temple
- F. S. Growse, Mathura: A District Memoir, third edition, 1883 (Internet Archive)
- Vivek Dutt Mathuriya, History Pandit, 6 May 2020
- Braj Breaking, report on the jayanti, 12 May 2025
- Vivek Dutt (Mathura), 'Narayan Bhatt gave Radha the name Lado', newspaper history page
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