Objectives:

Objective 1: To understand various attractions of this place that makes it sacred

Objective 2: To know about the presiding deities associated with Kanak Vrindavan

Objective 3: To know about the Architecture of Kanak Vrindavan

Objective 1: To understand various attractions of this place that makes it sacred

Kanak Vrindavan is a garden in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It is built in a valley surrounded by Aravali hills and is located on the way to the Amer Fort at the bottom of the Nahargarh hill. The place is approximately 8 kilometers north of the Jaipur city. The garden has many nearby tourist attractions such as the Amer fort Palace, Jaigarh fort and Nahargarh Fort along with lush greenery.

Objective 2: To know about the presiding deities associated with Kanak Vrindavan.

The garden was coined by Kachchwaha Rajput Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur, approximately 275 years ago, at the time when the complex was built. It includes the term ‘Vrindavan’ as the garden resembles the descriptions of the place, where Lord Sri Krishna had performed Maha Raasa leela near Mathura, and word Kanak came from Maharaja’s one of the Maharani Kanakde. This garden is compared to the valley of Vrindavan and the maharaja, consecrated a Deity of Sri Krishna in a temple in the Kanak Vrindavan valley called the Shri Govind Deoji Parisar.

The garden consists of a temple, a series of fountains and intricate marble decorations. It is managed by the Government of Rajasthan.

According to some people the Maharaja planned for an Ashvamedha Yagna and arranged waters from sacred rivers to collect here. A Lord Krishna Temple named Govind Deoji was also built around the same time.

Objective 3: To know about the Architecture of Kanak Vrindavan

The Kanak Vrindavan Garden is located in the valley of the Nahargarh hills. It is full of trees and lawns, decorated with intricate ‘chhatris’, mirrors and ‘jali’ work on the walls of the Govind Deoji temple, along with a support of a series of fountains.

The main garden is divided into eight sections, and is having a main fountain called ‘Parikrama’, carved out of a single marble slab. Temple Garbha Griha is also placed inside the temple parisar (complex) and is decorated with delicate ‘panni’ work. These all season green gardens at the Valley offer a view of Jaipur and other nearby attractions mainly Amer Fort and the Dharbawati River.