A Tour of Fascinating Vrindavan, India: Where Krishna Lived

[@KrsnaaFitchActress]

Glad you got to visit Vrindavana! Too bad you didn't have someone who could show you the sacred sites! It's much more meaningful to know the holy places where Lord Krishna had His pastimes. The old lady who passed you said, "Radhe Radhe" that is the typical greeting in Vrindavan, it is the name of Srimati Radharani the consort of Lord Krishna. She is considered the Queen of Vrindavan, and it is a beautiful way the Vrajavasis honor Her. Also the Hare Krishna movement is not new, it is Lord Chaitanya's movement that was started in the 1400's. But yes, in it's ISKCON form it was incorporated as an official organization in 1966.

[@directioner28.]

Haribol!! Jai😄🥰i too am an ISKCON devotee

[@thakurshivamchauhan2710]

Who's come in mathura vrindavan contact me i live at mathura

[@shobhamourya8396]

Radhe Radhe!

[@sucess0333]

@@shobhamourya8396 Radhe Radhe

[@NaturalBeautyGlow]

Your videos make me feel like if I’m there walking through the streets! Amazing as always and quality of footage is getting better!!!! Keep them coming

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Awesome, glad to hear it, thanks.

[@remotedarren]

What an absolutely fascinating place. Loving these India videos and being educated in the process! 👍🏻🇮🇳

[@thakurshivamchauhan2710]

Yes where are you from

[@JesseStLouis]

Something about you and India, always love the vids!

[@JeniferCornell]

13:44 that door is amazing! Another great video of India, and a real eye opener. 😊

[@michaeldl49]

Nice video Gabriel! I've been to Vrindavan several times and have stayed at the ISKCON (not ISKON) ashram but I'm from New York and as far as I know photography is allowed in the temple. I subscribed and enjoy your travels.

[@munishkumar-lm1jb]

Hi gab, good day mate, thanks for this video , truely amazing , i am also a ISKCON devotee and live in Australia. I have some nice memories there. May lord Krishna bless you. In your previous lives you were born in India and you have deep connection with this place and thats for sure. Peace and love

[@priscilla9995]

Loveee!!! ❤️✨ brings back memories! It's going to be almost a year when I went to India for the first time and stood in Vrindavan! It's a special place.

[@aakashsharma2748]

@ 12:22 she was greeting u with "Radhe Radhe" which is the name of krishna's lady love. In india mostly in north india many people use radhe radhe, jai shree ram, ram ram etc to greet this all r god's name

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good to know, thanks. I didn't realize she was talking to me, thought she was talking to her friend.

[@aakashsharma2748]

Gabriel Traveler now i can sleep in peace 😂😂😂😂 got your reply 😆😆😆😂😂😉 Btw do come in Delhi specially now in winters 😆😆😆😂😂.

[@PankajMalik2016]

they were talking to herself

[@rajubhaila567]

@@PankajMalik2016 Hare Krishna

[@stephenknapp108]

Gabriel, I am glad you visited Vrindavana, which I have visited so many times since my first trip in 1987. But with a little more research and preparation before going there, you could have shown so many more interesting places, temples and culture, besides just walking down the lanes of the town. Even though that can also be fun, which I also like doing, there are some very important temples that you missed, which could have been included if you knew about them. I have also made many videos about India, but when I travel there, I always do my research for every place I go. And I've been to Vrindavana so often that I have hundreds of photos of the more important temples that many pilgrims, at least the Krishna bhaktas, spend their lives planning to visit for their significance. Some of them I have put into video format on youtube. Nonetheless, it was still fun to see a newcomer like yourself visit Vrindavana and see the impressions that it made on you. Jai Sri Krishna.

[@AjithKumar-ym7qe]

I am an Indian from south end Kerala , I haven’t seen these places but now I can see through your videos, it’s so beautiful and feels like my foot there. 👍 awesome.

[@yogeshdesai5999]

Go to Vrindavan in the month of Kartik.

[@dipeshbhatt451]

Ajith Kumar . Come dear from Karnataka hubbli

[@katiesingh4968]

Ajith Kumar u wasting ur time u mean u from India an u have been there I from Trinidad an I have been there..

[@howdareu135]

Be carful. They demand money the name widows. God 😇🙏👼 knows whether money really reach to widows or some where else.

[@juliamanalo9974]

the advantage of bein a guy walking alone in the streets of india from dawn to dusk--safer and more carefree--u're really BLESSED having such opportunity to enjoy all these!! 😘 ..awesome video--indians' walk of life..amlovinMUCH all!💛 ..

[@santana898989]

That place looks like a photographer's dream. So many faces, colors, buildings, random animals wondering about, and wheels of all kinds. So cool. Great work Gabriel. Cheers.

[@kondaveetiviswanth]

I hope u achieve HUGE recognition for the travellings u do around the world No one is near ur level among world travellers

[@vipin4690]

My heart is where krishna was born. Janmashtami is comming and my birthday too❤️

[@eyesofequality4273]

Haribol! I am planning a trip to India and Vrindavan and am watching all your videos. Thank you for this service

[@marinavickers6626]

Really love these videos of India, I could almost wish you would stay there and just keep making them!

[@Thetuntunishow]

Marina Vickers please visit ever india

[@payalshekhawat6203]

Sir, what an amazing video, u tried to capture the true essence of Vrindavan. Respect from india 🙏

[@friendlyatheist9589]

Vrindavan has changed alot. I was there month ago it's quite developing fast

[@reells571]

Cool, guy. Thanks for the look. I was there in '72 and '93. A very special place. The "trancendentlal village". You try to see all of it (and it's not very big) but somehow it keeps going on and on and you can never see every temple, every lane.

[@simonashworth2820]

I loved this video. India is my favourite place You don’t just go to India you go to experience life itself. 😀🇲🇽🙏🏻

[@Jacks0n020]

Hey Gabriel, thanks for sharing. Loved it!

[@wdp4wdm3a]

Fyi, Krishna was born in a prison in mathura. Vrindavan was his childhood home. Then he moved to nandgaon.

[@yogeshdesai5999]

Gokul and Nandggaon are His childhood homes. Vrindavan is where He played most of his pastimes.

[@atmavanJPS]

Krishna is mysterious. Sadhus explain Krishna was born in two places simultaneously. In Mathura as Devaki-Krishna and at the same time in Vrindavan as Yasodas son. When Vasudeva brought Devaki-Krishna to Vrindavan He merged with Yasoda_Krishna. In that way it is correct to say Vrindavan is Krishnas birthplace...

[@maku8075]

Atmavan Dasa have lived in india whole life grown up in strict vaishnavism brahmin family heard all the stories of Krishna growing up from my grandparents and parents read all the Scriptures but never heard your story Krishna born being born two at a time.

[@anjaliradhe]

What Atmavan Dasa says is true according to many many Vaisnavas in Vrindavan. It depends on who you hear from. Not just present day Vaisnavas but can read the Sarartha Darsini commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam by Srila Visvanath Chakravarthi Thakur who lived a few hundred years ago

[@elasticharmony]

Yes but when Krishna grow up there it was a forest of Tulsi trees not a ghetto.

[@frankb1907]

Love watching videos you make in India..never gets boring :) great work

[@PankajMalik2016]

Thanks for showing the complete map of India 🇮🇳

[@PankajMalik2016]

nakul garg h 😀

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

That's the right one eh? Cool, I was hoping it was.

[@PankajMalik2016]

nakul garg purane vedio dekho or pdo is toor k

[@MuDibakar]

Its very peacefull & holly video, I like this so much

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks.

[@eyesofequality4273]

Vrindavan dham is a very holy place. You are blessed to have been able to visit!

[@deepankertripathi9035]

Hi Gabriel , nice seeing you their at Vrindavan , you should go to Prem Temple , which is near to IsKon . Do visit that place in evening at 5 pm IST , and stay there for 3-4 hours , hope you will find this most interesting (as the only love temple in whole world )and in vrindavan !!

[@glevtube]

Another great video. Thanks Gabe!

[@Bishma-t9q]

Hare krsna

[@pammyrogers]

When working for an international airline I travelled all over the world. I really missed out avoiding India. Their history, religion, the ancient writings and vedic astrology is fascinating to me now. Wherever you see oppressed living conditions is due to corruption a lot higher up.

[@anaghism]

Hi Gabriel it seems you have become an unpaid ambassador of Indian tourism. Your videos are very nice and despite of being an Indian at times I too get educated about Indian places. Once again the background music is awesome and there's a proper ending to the video this time. there is a lot more in Vrindavan and maybe next time you get a chance to see and experience it.

[@cynthiacarlson4427]

thank you for this one, Gabriel ... I love to see the places where tourists do not go ...

[@raitisfreimanis]

Another great video from Gabriel Traveller.

[@sarabiaification]

I am really enjoying your shared experiences, I am planing a trip as well and this has been such a great tutorial. I love how you explain your self through out the films, thank you for sharing!

[@bhaktapeter3501]

thank you for taking us to ranganathji temple ive been there myself quite amazing 13:00

[@spatel5313]

thanks for uploading my love`s hometown....

[@wdp4wdm3a]

You can try visiting BARSANA, Nand gaon and govardhan as well. All these places fall in the braj circuit and are all religious places where lord krishna lived.

[@globalisite]

Yes, you are correct. Barsana and Gokul are beautiful. The Braj or Bruj circuit is one of the most interesting areas in the world that gets very, very few foreign visitors. Its a route that has capitvated historians, scholars, and bhaktis for centuries and remains one of the great mysterious secrets that exists on our fine and endangered planet. Radhe Radhe!

[@wdp4wdm3a]

elrito1 I am from the same state of Uttar Pradesh, from the eastern city of gorakhpur near the Himalayas. Visited the braj circuit in the monsoon season about 6 years ago and it was the best trip ever. Like you said, Barely visited by tourists and travellers alike but the braj region along with the avadh region and the area around varanasi is the soul of this particular state. The best streetfood and the countryside is just the best. It is here that the bhakti movement started around 1500. While the cities in this region have been continuously inhabited since 1000 BC. You won't find old temples in north india but will find ancient viharas and stupas because northern india was buddhist for about 1000 odd years.

[@globalisite]

Thanks for your kind response. Uttar Pradesh could be considered the soul of India and these places that you mention would be the heart of that soul. Also, Chitrakoot is along a similar vein. There is something out of time and place with these regions and I find that words will probably fail my attempts to describe my experiences in these areas and India in general. I will say that my life as been forever touched by the kindness, generosity and brilliant insights from so many Indians that I have met in my travels. Wishing you and your family peace and goodness.

[@wdp4wdm3a]

elrito1 I am so happy that you had such positive experiences here in india and were able to see what india truly is. I wish you were able to visit this area in 400 ad or something when there was no filth on the streets and the rivers were clean. The forests were full of life and when two great ideas (buddhism and hinduism) coexisted and flourished. Society was a lot more liberal, nudity accepted and beef easily consumed. Perhaps we both weren't able to see india at her zenith but believe me this particular area has inspired the world in many ways and while it may appear filthy now, that won't take away the history and glory of this beautiful land.

[@FreeRoamBaltimore]

The Krishnas talk about Vrindavan alot but this is my first time seeing the city like this. Thanks for the tour.

[@arunsubramaniyan1008]

!!!thankyou gabriel for showing vrindavan!!!

[@vaijayantimala5930]

Wonderful video. Just to clarify -- the Hare Krishna movement as we know it began 500 years ago, its precepts coming from scriptures that are at least 5000 years old.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks. I was referring to the modern Hare Krishna movement, otherwise known as ISKCON, which was founded in 1966: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness

[@deesharamji1626]

In the Krishna Balaram temple (Hare Krishna) you went to there is a travel agent, restaurant and shops so you could easily arrange for an English speaking tour guide to take you around Vrindavan and even Jaipur and Mathura and Barsana. There is a medical camp in Barsana every February if you was to participate in some bhakti yoga :) Hare Krishna. Thanks for the lovely video. Just got back from Vrindavan myself so brought back nice memories :)

[@rocco...]

It's nice to see that the monkeys, dogs, cows and pigs get along so well. In the west not so much especially when they are of human descent. You were pretty tickled when that little monkey grabbed your attention.

[@funtimeswithdave2595]

Nice video Gabe.

[@danielrao3120]

Another one of your wonderfully insightful videos which portrays a real sense of place. Many thanks.

[@YuvrajSingh-uc5wr]

Welcome to India

[@katiesingh4968]

Yuvraj Singh ..nice place indeed I have been there

[@atmalewis1513]

Loved it!

[@katiesingh4968]

That place holy an very peaceful beautiful place indeed I have been there is nice.

[@riddhi6tha908]

Thanks for sharing.

[@prakashsinghpalla8]

Peace and devotion live here so I like this much

[@AnantaVrindavan]

cool video man . nicely done!

[@factguru2295]

Like the way you travel, you explore each and every thing in a best way , love your videos.

[@vrindawoodstudios5149]

Welcome to Vrindavan! Glad you were able to visit!

[@vrindawoodstudios5149]

If you ever stop by, we are an American run production studio here in Vrindavan for the Devotees :). Also Vrindavan activists, because as you could probably tell, Vrindavan is a chaotic place in some areas!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, cool.

[@jackelindeleonvlogs7104]

Excellent video 🌝

[@southwestexplorer8905]

Great film gabe are you still in rajasthan we were there a couple of years ago stayed in udiphur for six weeks beautiful people and lake palace safe travels ✌️

[@nityadasan]

excellent...!! i want to be there in Vrindavan!!!

[@matmc71]

Thank you for this! Did you chant Hare Krishna while you were there?

[@vaishnav709]

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAM HARE RAM RAM RAM HARE HARE...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@billycooksey7801]

Outstanding Video!

[@09rocknrule]

I guess she said "Radhe Radhe" @12:15 . Its a chant people greet everyone including strangers with in Krishna towns like Gokul, Mathura, Vrindavan. She's a Hindu goddess also lover and most respected companion of lord Krishna.

[@usedbrickie9166]

Nice job rebel, super shots. Stay safe my friend, Thanks

[@sukhikaur6065]

Hi Gabriel you travel lot of places around the world which places is your favourite where you want to go again n again

[@BryanAgni]

I have been to vrindavan. that place is magical. hare Krishna.

[@RuchiSingh-jo7dc]

Your video is too good please make more video of Vriandavan, hare Krishna

[@rewakhanal921]

Loved watching it.

[@abhinavtyagi6887]

Proud citizen of India ....

[@soumyabrataroy4274]

I visited vridavan around 10 years back, the ISKON temple you visited was known as "aungrez o ka temple" (englishman's temple)

[@pravendra_kushwaha]

Thnx Buddy For Explore Vrindavan Also Thnx For Came India

[@YouAreNotThisBody]

Hare Krishna devotees follow and read Bhagavad Gita book which contains the teachings of Krishna to Arjuna about 5000 years ago before the battle of Mahabharat which did happen about 5000 years ago in India.Before the battle of Mahabharat, Krishna was a chariot rider for Arjuna(mortal human being).Krishna himself was mortal human being but an avatar of god.When the battle was about to begin Arjuna was in despair and dilemma that he had to fight/kill his former master and his cousins who were his enemies.He was not sure whether to fight the war or not.At that point Krishna had conversation to Arjuna , giving him advice on principles of life,how to become good person and so on(it was a lenghty conversation ) which is written in Bhagavad Gita.Hare Krishna devotees follows these principles and guidelines given by Krishna to Arjuna.The war commences and at the end of the war Krishna dies too. Prabhupada the founder of Hare Krishna(ISCKON) went to American in 1965 to popularise these teachings of Krishna to west and how to be happy by chanting Hare krishna and the rest is history.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good stuff, thanks for the in-depth explanation.

[@YouAreNotThisBody]

If you can get the copy of Bhagavad Gita , read it.Its amazing.It teaches how to live a happy life etc.

[@truthteller2991]

@David Gurung @Gabriel Traveler Actually BhagwatGita and Ramayana come under category of Itihassa or loosely termed as Historical spiritual texts. Since both of these texts are understandable and are in lucid language, these are popular among conman masses and usually you will find these a copy in a Hindu Home. The actual spirttual text is really vast and may take even more than a lifetime to read . Here is the small view : factmuseum.com/hindu-religious-and-spiritual-texts/ so you can see lot of readings in Hinduism .Basically, it is evolved thousands of years and so huge cornucopia & collection of philosophies and spiritual stuff.

[@rohitchandra9769]

Brother hare krishna and krishna both are same. In hare krishna, "hare" is just like "hey" as you use to say "hey god" its just like that we say hare krishna. Krishna is the name of god and hare is just like hey

[@radhekrishnakijai867]

@@rohitchandra9769 NOPE

[@sharmabharti3833]

thnx for sharing buddy....nice shoot

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Great, thanks.

[@vampthbill13]

Impressive!! Id love to go there,!!

[@BCPC100]

Don't go alone. Go with few friends and family..

[@Loagz_Beatz]

My favorite place 🥰🥰🥰

[@vishalsoni789]

Radhe Radhe🙏🙏

[@Batman-gx9ib]

I see Gabe's new video, I click before I blink.

[@dhananjoybarman5701]

Very nice vedio.Jai Shree Krishna

[@samenderdedha1127]

Superb... Welcome to krishna's land

[@edvinchandra1277]

You are very adventurous...I just stayed at the Iskcon Temple and went out very little...plus I got sick eating street food.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Bummer, sorry to hear that.

[@bsommer1717]

Great music Gabriel. Would love to see you show some live footage. Is there any nightlife and bars with music? The sitar is so dope.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'll definitely try to catch some live music before I leave India. The sitar is indeed awesome.

[@rashika4552]

Hare Krishna ❤️🌸🙌

[@SteffanRundquist]

I was number 108 on likes

[@itsrainingcatsanddogs]

Steffan Rundquist and no one gives a damn

[@ebaysingh09]

Lucky Person:)

[@hinchman101]

@@itsrainingcatsanddogs That # means something

[@itsrainingcatsanddogs]

@@hinchman101 still nobody gives a damn

[@hinchman101]

@@itsrainingcatsanddogs I do, and that's good stuff. Worry less about others you are the goal. Others are just blades of grass in the fields. Hare Krishna 🙏🏿🥀💐🌹🙏🏿🕉

[@ComedianKingdom]

so beautiful place....u should come in bangalore and also u can visit iskon temple

[@PankajMalik2016]

Lovely vedio 👍 at 12:28 Women were chanting (praying) Radhe-Radhe (God's Name). She was his wife I think.

[@harshissweet]

Pankaj Malik nope she wasn't her wife, rukmani ji was

[@truthteller2991]

Correct. Krishna spent her childhood and youthe here with Radha. She was his beloved Gopi. Radha;s unconditional love for Krishna and vice versa earn place in all temples. So Radha spirtually defines unconditional lvoe and thats why Radhe Radhe greeting means greeting and showing spreading unconditional love for Krishna as a devotee.Beautiful comparaion as per wikipedia The Radha-Krishna and Sita-Rama pairs represent two different personality sets, two perspectives on dharma and lifestyles, both cherished in the way of life called Hinduism. Sita is traditionally wedded, dedicated, and virtuous wife of Rama, an introspective temperate paragon of a serious, virtuous man. Radha is sensuous unmarried clandestine lover of Krishna, an extrovert polyamorous playful adventurer.Radha and Sita offer two competing templates within the Hindu tradition. If "Sita is a queen, aware of her social responsibilities", states Pauwels, then "Radha is exclusively focused on her romantic relationship with her lover", giving two contrasting role models from two ends of the moral universe. Yet they share common elements as well. Both love their man and their lives, both face life challenges, both are committed to their true love and both have been influential, adored and beloved goddesses in the Hindu culture . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha

[@PankajMalik2016]

HARSH PARASHAR shi h, tnx, not good at mythology.

[@AbhiGupta]

welcome to india my friend. will you mind if i can ask what camera you use.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks. This is filmed with a GoPro Hero 5. But I'm now using a GoPro Hero 6. You can see which camera I used in the info section below each video.

[@AbhiGupta]

yes dear friend. i find it. thanks for your sincere replay. its my channel please keep in touch.

[@lalitapant500]

Which country ubelong

[@sergiosantos9068]

All rigth man! Very good I like

[@gurukripa001]

Jai Shri Krishna 🙏🙏🙏

[@venkateshpinapala399]

Hey Gabe...how are you??Finally you are back to India....Gabe iam actually planning to EBC(Everest BaseCamp) in the coming April.I know you went to EBC not ABC,but anyways can u give me some suggestions regarding the Routes,stay,budget and some stuff.If anyone interested to Join the Journey pls let me know.It would be fun with a companion. And Gabe do you have any plan for EBC?

[@roykeen5188]

Do Go To Prem Mandir ... Its Truly A Delight

[@davidbazeley2330]

Saw a group of Hare Krishna on Juhu beach years ago. Locals didn't know what to make of them.

[@roberthood9368]

Hi again Gabriel! A couple of unrelated questions for you. First of all, is there any particular reason you don’t have a drone? You visit some places that would be fantastic to see from above. Secondly, if cattle are considered sacred in most of India, and therefore not slaughtered, why are there so many, or are they simply “Ferrell” so to speak? Are they owned by individuals? Are they milked?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I wouldn't want to travel with a drone myself because for one there isn't much room left in my backpack and it's one more thing to stuff into it as well as try not to break, but also they're illegal in certain countries or certain areas. So it's more trouble than it's worth in my opinion, though I agree there are some places where the shots would be awesome. I'm not exactly sure what the situation is with the cows, but I think mostly they're free-roaming cows that hang out and don't belong to anyone. Perhaps some of them are milked by local people but I'm sure that commercial milking must involve cows on a farm somewhere, not the ones hanging out on the street eating garbage. I hope!

[@anshulkapoor51]

Nice bro when u coming delhi lets meet

[@utkarsh144]

You came to vrindavan and didn't go to bake bihaari temple , prem mandir and vaishno devi what???

[@Hrshsngh_19]

Tumlog pehle waha saaf safai toh rakho bhai.. Itni gandagi Hai.. UP wale jaha bhi jaate Hai Ganda karte Hai.. Nahi toh Nahi 10 ghar ke log milke apne ghar ke aas paas ka area hi saaf rakho aur sadak.. Aise sab saaf ho jaaega..

[@brodyyoung2013]

How long do you plan on staying in India for

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Maybe a couple more weeks, not planning to stay too long.

[@souravbhattacharjee4051]

+Gabriel Traveler you should visit the Eastern Part of India. Mainly North-East India. Save a trip for that because while you won't get any religious-spiritual vibes, you will see the untouched beauty of nature at its best.

[@jacquelinebusnac6171]

Eternal knowledge

[@tron__5204]

Krishna devotee have always been there ..but Hare Krishna' s are the followers of shri Sheela prabhupada teachings. There are many Krishna gurus with followers accross country but the Hare Krishna has huge following across the world due to Sheela prabhupada spreading his teachings in late 90's and opening many temples accross the world.

[@colindevine3233]

RADHE RADHE!!!

[@sapnilrc3125]

Oh salute lord Krishna I also want to go there 😊

[@mrjj1173]

How old are you Gabriel? You are a very energetic person.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'm 45.

[@kkumar888]

Hi Gabriel, it good to see that you are travelling to the places where travelers don't visit much, Vrindavan is one such place. If you ever plan to visit Chennai... please let me know. I would love to host you.

[@sheenamsandhu8354]

Beautiful place