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Kusum Sarovar
This place, right next to Goverdhan in Utha-Pardes – India, is called Kusum Sarovar ("garden of red flowers"). It is said that around this lake many flowers used to grow and back in ancient times, when Krishna as a young boy used to herd his cows around the Goverdhan hill, the cowherd girls of the village used to collect flowers to make garlands for their beloved Krishna.
Once Shiva himself saw these lovely affairs and wished he can be one of these girls in order to show love for the lord. But in order to do so he needed to have the body of a young girl. An old woman have reveled to him a secret: bathe in the water of this lake, and you'll gain the form of a beautiful young girl. And so, Shiva bathed in the lake of Kusum Sarovar and gained his form of Gopesvara-Mahadeva, Shiva as a young cowherd girl. Gopesvara-Mahadeva is the guardian of the spiritual realm of Krishna. The yogis and holly men who wish to enter that spiritual state and be a part of the pastimes of Krishna, needs first to gain the mercy of lord Shiva.
This beutiful Jayapur style temple across the lake was built around the 18th century in memory of Maharaja Suraj Mal. Sadly, it is a bit neglected in the last years.
Kusum Sarovar
This place, right next to Goverdhan in Utha-Pardes – India, is called Kusum Sarovar ("garden of red flowers"). It is said that around this lake many flowers used to grow and back in ancient times, when Krishna as a young boy used to herd his cows around the Goverdhan hill, the cowherd girls of the village used to collect flowers to make garlands for their beloved Krishna.
Once Shiva himself saw these lovely affairs and wished he can be one of these girls in order to show love for the lord. But in order to do so he needed to have the body of a young girl. An old woman have reveled to him a secret: bathe in the water of this lake, and you'll gain the form of a beautiful young girl. And so, Shiva bathed in the lake of Kusum Sarovar and gained his form of Gopesvara-Mahadeva, Shiva as a young cowherd girl. Gopesvara-Mahadeva is the guardian of the spiritual realm of Krishna. The yogis and holly men who wish to enter that spiritual state and be a part of the pastimes of Krishna, needs first to gain the mercy of lord Shiva.
This beutiful Jayapur style temple across the lake was built around the 18th century in memory of Maharaja Suraj Mal. Sadly, it is a bit neglected in the last years.