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Extract from the Nathdwara Travel Guides: The temple dedicated to Krishna - known also as
Nath
, the favourite
avatar
(incarnation) of Vishnu - at
NATHDWARA
, "Gateway to God", is said to be the second richest temple in India after Tirupati (in Andhra Pradesh). The site was known as Sihar until the moment in the seventeenth century when a chariot laden with an image of Krishna became stuck in the mud 26km north of Eklingji. The idol was being carried from Krishna's birthplace Mathura to Udaipur to spare it almost certain destruction by Aurangzeb; its bearers interpreted the event as a divine sign and established a new temple where...
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