Prakatya
Ladli Ji at Barsana
On Brahmanchal hill at Barsana, Shri Ladli Ji appeared before Narayan Bhatt Ji. The seva of the temple that lakhs now climb to begins here.
The story, as the sources tell it
While searching out Braj’s lost tirthas, he first brought Revati Raman, Dauji, to light at Unchagaon and built a temple. Then, on Brahmanchal hill at Barsana, he brought Radha ji’s vigraha to light and had the temple established there. Source: History Pandit
In the tradition kept by the lineage, Shri Ladli Ji appeared before him, and he entrusted Her seva to his disciple Narayan Das Goswami. Source: Vrindavan Today
He worshipped Radha of Barsana as his own daughter. Source: Sangeet Natak, 2005
He is held to have given Radha the name Lado. He called Her Lado, Ladaiti and Ladli, and that is why the Barsana temple is called Ladli Ji’s temple. Source: Vivek Dutt, newspaper article
The story as Maharaj Ji tells it will be added here soon, in his own words.
The line of seva
Narayan Das Goswami’s descendants are Shriji’s sevayat Goswamis today. The Bhatts of Unchagaon are regarded as their gurus: the sevayat Goswamis take kanthi diksha from this line, and only then serve in the temple.
So this is more than history. It is a living guru line through which the ways of Ladli Ji’s worship pass from one generation to the next.
Source: Vrindavan Today
The Radha Yantra
The Radhashtami rites inside the sanctum include puja of the Radha Yantra that Narayan Bhatt Ji established, and his line performs it. Source: Vrindavan Today
Radhashtami, before dawn
Before the doors open, his line performs the rites inside the sanctum. They begin with the Mool Shanti Yajna, for peace and blessing on the festival. As Goswami Shri Krishnanand Bhatt ji describes them, they include:
- Niji Garbha Griha Puja, inside the sanctum.
- Puja of the Radha Yantra Narayan Bhatt Ji established.
- Sapta Ghrita Matrika Puja.
- Ladli Ji’s niji abhishek, with panchamrit.
- Aarta, also called Utsava Aarti.
The whole sequence takes about two and a half hours. Around 4 am the doors open, and the public panchamrit abhishek follows.
In 2026 these rites were performed by Goswami Shri Krishnanand Bhatt ji. Source: Vrindavan Today
Sources for this page
- Vrindavan Today, Jagannath Poddar: The Sacred Radhashtami Rituals of Shri Ladli Ji Mandir, Barsana, 19 Sep 2026
- Vivek Dutt Mathuriya, History Pandit, 6 May 2020
- Chhedilal Kansyakar, The Boodhi-lila of Braj, Sangeet Natak, Vol. 39 No. 2, 2005
- Vivek Dutt (Mathura), 'Narayan Bhatt gave Radha the name Lado', newspaper history page
- English Wikipedia: Radha Rani Temple
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