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The holdings of the temple include one of which, called “Çrénäthajé’s
829 shops and buildings and six cow,” comes from a lineage that
thousand acres of land, with many has served the Deity for generation
farms and cow pastures. The temple after generation. The milk from
has a dairy with five hundred cows, this cow goes only for Çrénäthajé to
drink. Milk from other cows
makes various sweets for the
Deity.

The way of devotional service
taught by Vallabhäcärya is
known as puñöi-märga, “the
path of nourishment.” In
Çré Nathdwara the devotees
nourish the Lord, and, even
more, the Lord nourishes the
love of His devotees.

We can scarcely think of
the holy town of Nathdwara
without Çré Vallabhäcärya,
the great religious reformer
and teacher. His puñöi-märga
has brought millions of
people in western India to
Kåñëa consciousness.

Çré Vallabhäcärya was
born in 1479 in the forest
of Campäraëya, near the
present city of Raipur, in
central India, while his
parents were returning
from pilgrimage. His
father, Lakñmaëa Bhaööa,
a renowned scholar from a
brähmaëa family of South
Çré Vallabhäcärya India, died while Vallabha