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{{Short description|Hindu temple dedicated to combined form of Radha Krishna in Vrindavan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Radha Raman Temple
| image = Radha Raman Temple 2.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Entrance of Radha Raman Temple, Vrindavan
| native_name = श्री राधारमण मन्दिर
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Mathura]]
| locale = [[Vrindavan]]
| elevation_m = 169.77
| deity = [[Radha Ramana]]
| festivals =
| architecture = [[Rajasthani architecture|Rajasthani]]
| temple_quantity =
| monument_quantity =
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = c. 1542 CE
| creator = [[Gopala Bhatta Goswami]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.radharamanmandir.com/}}
| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh
| map_type_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27|35|7.335|N|77|41|55.56|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
{{Vaishnavism}}

'''Sri Radha Raman Temple''', is a [[Hindu]] temple situated in [[Vrindavan]], [[India]]. It is dedicated to [[Krishna]] who is worshiped as [[Radha Ramana]]. This temple is counted as one of the Seven most revered ancient temples of Vrindavan along with [[Radha Vallabh Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Vallabh Temple]], [[Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Damodar Temple]], [[Radha Madan Mohan Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Madanmohan Temple]], Radha Govindji Temple, Radha Shyamsundar Temple and Radha Gokulnandan Temple. The temple houses the original [[Shaligram]] deity of Krishna alongside goddess [[Radha]].<ref>http://www.salagram.net/sstp-RadhaRamanVrindavan.html The history of Sri Radha Raman Temple</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Anand |first=D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsvSwdUgQYcC&q=radha+purana |title=Krishna: The Living God of Braj |date=1992 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-280-2 |pages=103 |language=en}}</ref>

==History of the temple==
Radha Raman means the lover (''ramana'') of Sri Radha. The temple was established over 500 years ago by [[Gopala Bhatta Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radharaman.org/|title=Home|work=Sri Radha Raman|access-date=2017-06-09|language=en}}</ref> At the age of thirty, Gopala Bhatta Gosvami came to Vrindavana. After [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'s disappearance, Gopala Bhatta Gosvami felt intense separation from the Lord. To relieve his devotee from the pangs of separation, the Lord instructed Gopala Bhatta in a dream "If you want My Darshan then make a trip to Nepal".

In [[Nepal]], Gopala Bhatta bathed in the famous [[Kali-Gandaki River]]. Upon dipping his waterpot in the river, he was surprised to see several [[Shaligrama]] ''Shilas'' enter his pot. He dropped the ''Shilas'' back into the river, but the S''hilas'' re-entered his pot when he refilled it.

[[File:Radha Raman Temple, Vrindavan.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Deity at Radha Raman Temple, Vrindavan.]]
[[Gopala Bhatta Gosvami]] found twelve Shaligrama S''hilas''. It is believed that once a wealthy man came to Vrindavan and offered Gopala Bhatta a variety of clothes and ornaments for his Shaligramas in charity. However, Gopala Bhatta couldn't use these for his round-shaped Shaligramas. He advised the donor to give the deity decorations to someone else. It is believed that the donor refused to take them back and Gopala Bhatta kept the clothes and ornaments with his shilas.

On the [[Full Moon|Purnima]] (full moon) day, in the evening after offering [[naivedhya]] to his Shaligrama S''hilas'', Gopala Bhatta put them to rest covering Them with a wicker basket. Late in the night, Gopala Bhatta took a little rest. in the early morning he went to take bath in the Yamuna river. Returning from his bath, he uncovered the Shaligramas in order to render [[puja (Hinduism)|puja]], and saw amongst them a Deity of Krishna playing the flute. There were now only eleven S''hilas'' and a Deity. The "Damodara shila" had manifested as the beautiful three-fold bending form of ''Tri-Bhangananda-Krishna''. In this way Radha Raman emerged in a perfectly shaped deity form from a sacred Shaligrama ''Shila''.<ref name="Hawley">{{cite book
|author=Hawley, John C.
|title=At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas From Brindavan
|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Pub
|year=1992
|pages= 4–5
|isbn=81-208-0945-9
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHdZH-d2xM4C&pg=PA4
}}</ref> Devotees consider this image to be alive and that he grants a chosen family the privilege of assisting him in his daily schedule.<ref name="Hawley"/> In this way "the Lord has granted his wish and the stone was turned into the [[murti]] of Sri Krishna".<ref name="isbn81-7017-280-2">{{cite book
|author=D. Anand
|title=Krishna: The Living God of Braj
|publisher=Abhinav Pubns
|year=1992
|page=162
|isbn=81-7017-280-2
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsvSwdUgQYcC&pg=RA1-PA162
}}</ref> As a narrative account of actualized Krishna-[[bhakti]], Radharamana's appearance story highlights the divine-human relationship of love as the ontologically central category of ultimate reality.<ref>{{cite book
|author=Valpey, Kenneth Russell
|title=Attending Kṛṣṇa's image: Caitanya Vaiṣṇava mūrti-sevā as devotional truth
|publisher=Routledge
| location =New York
|year=2006
|isbn=0-415-38394-3
|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415383943
}}p.53</ref>

The [[Prasad (food offering)|Prasad]] for Shri Radha Raman Ji is prepared by the male members of the Goswami families in the temple kitchen. The fire in the kitchen lit in early days of the temple still continues today. The Goswami families are allotted a calendar in advance for their personal ''seva'' (service) period and they perform ''seva'' accordingly. They also invite their disciples during their period and celebrate major family functions and ceremonies.

Inside the temple complex, the ''samadhi'' of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami is also situated. There the rarely available ''Unag vastra'' of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is kept.

<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rfp.org/shrivatsa-goswami/|title=Shrivatsa Goswami|website=rfp.org|access-date=2020-03-03|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://interfaithharmonyweek.info/speakers/139-acharya-shri-shrivatsa-goswami.html|title=Hinduism, Interfaith Dialogue, and Cooperation|website=interfaithharmonyweek.info|access-date=2020-03-03|language=en|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920114407/https://interfaithharmonyweek.info/speakers/139-acharya-shri-shrivatsa-goswami.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=K.H |first=Team |date=2024-08-06 |title=श्री राधा रमण मंदिर: वृन्दावन का पवित्र तीर्थस्थल {{!}} जानें इसके इतिहास और महत्व - खबर हरतरफ |url=https://khabarhartaraf.in/spirituality/shri-radha-raman-temple-the-holy-pilgrimage-site-of-vrindavan-know-its-history-and-importance/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Radha-vallabha]]
*[[Krishna Balaram Mandir]]
*[[Prem Mandir Vrindavan]]
*[[Nidhivan, Vrindavan]]
*[[Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir]]
*[[Bankey Bihari Temple|Banke Bihari Temple]]
*[[Radha Rani Temple]]
*[[Govind Dev Ji Temple]]
*[[Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan]]
*[[Radha Madan Mohan Temple, Vrindavan]]

==References==
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{{Hindu temples in Uttar Pradesh |state=expanded}}

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[[Category:16th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Mathura district]]
[[Category:Radha Krishna temples]]
[[Category:Krishna temples]]
[[Category:Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
[[Category:Vrindavan]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1542]]
[[Category:1542 establishments in India]]

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