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Serving Çrénäthajé

by Yaçomaténandana Däsa

ré Nathdwara means “the Nathdwara lies near Udaipur in
gateway of Lord Çrénäthajé.” the hills of Mewar, a brave and
ÇThe town was built in the chivalrous area of Rajasthan. For
seventeenth century for the Deity centuries, the armies of Mewar
of Lord Çrénäthajé, after He was succeeded in resisting aggression
brought to Rajasthan from the town by many Mughal kings and thus
of Jatipur, at the foot of Govardhana preserved the Vedic culture intact.
Hill in Våndävana. Devotees from
Jatipur had fled to Rajasthan with The great Mewar king Bappa
the Deity to protect Him from the Rawal thwarted assaults by the first
destructive reign of the Muslim Mughal attacker, Mohammad Bin
ruler Aurangzeb. Of course, the Lord Kasim. Later, Maharana Kumbh,
doesn’t have to flee from anywhere, Maharana Sanga, and other kings
but simply to give His devotees a fought valiant battles against the
chance to serve Him He engages Mughals, stopping them from taking
in the pastime of fleeing from one over Mewar. Even the powerful
place to another. emperor Akbar faced a great battle

Craftsmen
prepare peacock-
feather head
dresses that
will be used to
decorate cows
for the annual
Govardhana Püjä
festival.