Banke Bihari Temple

Banke Bihari Temple

Banke Bihari Temple
4.5
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AllIndiatravelling
Vrindavan, India146 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
The most revered temple in Vrindavan
Do take the VIP ticket of Rs 100 and locate a pandit inside who for Rs 200 will get you a very nicely packed 56BHOG pradasam. This is the most sacred prasadam. If possible avoid weekends, since rush is much less on weekdays and you can get a few more seconds before Lord Krishna. Take off your spectacles or be sure a monkey will take them away in no time.
After visiting Banke Bihari temple do not miss to visit the Balram Dau temple which is some distance for which an e-rickshaw is available.
Written 26 February 2020
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Sourav RS
Pune, India129 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2021 • Family
Banke Bihari, the consciousness, the eternal love of all Krishna devotees. There is a feeling, a connection to this place which is very peaceful and calming.

The roads are bit confusing and you better take help of battery vehicles available. The food around the place is yummy.

Lords bal roop, child avatar. One darshan does not feel enough but have to make way for other devotees. This is Krishna's land, his temple and everything even the people are his and only his.
Written 2 January 2022
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kishna
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Family
The temple is one of the holiest and most revered places of worship for Krishna devotees. I recently visited this place during Janmashtami festival and it was best life time experience I ever had. There is so much rush during Janmashtami festival. If you are planning to visit here during Janmashtami then please don’t go with old age people or kids and be careful if you are female tourists because during Janmashtami this place is full of crowd. It’s hard to handle them in the rush. But overall experience of Holi is the best thing. Totally worth it.
Written 9 September 2023
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akghosal
Stoke-on-Trent, UK98 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Family
The interior of the temple was nice once we managed to get inside, especially wince it had the deity/figure of Banke Bihari, the combined form of both Krishna & Radha, inside but getting there was rather chaotic as the temple was quite overcrowded with hardly any queue management in place which meant that I and my family had to get around the temple by either pushing through the huge crowd or getting pushed with the enormous amount of people.

My other issues with the place was that 1) there was no shoe storage facility within the temple complex which meant leaving our shoes in a shop some distance away and walking barefoot across the roads which weren't particularly clean or well maintained (I was willing to bare that for the temple but a shoe storage facility within the temple would be nicer in future) and 2) some of the "panda"/priest people in the area are a bit dodgy as some of them are out to scam people (which was what the one with my family seemed to have an intention of doing). I also advise anyone visiting to take good care of your personal belongings as there were lots of monkeys in the area and we were warned that the monkeys could steal some personal belongings, including mobile phones and glasses/sunglasses (keep them in your pockets/secure bags if monkeys are in sight - that being said I think phones generally aren't allowed inside the temple).

Overall, the central bit of the temple was the only bit I liked and I'm not sure I'd revisit this place unless I'm with a different person or different group of people and unless the queue management and other issues (especially show storage) improve in the future. If I were to visit Vridavan/Mathura again later on in life, I'd make sure that I also visit the Shree Krishna Janmashtan Temple Complex, or go there instead (I do wish I went there instead of Banke Bihari but there wasn't enough time for that sadly, maybe next time).
Written 27 March 2024
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Ankita Singh
Ghaziabad District, India4 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
I wish I could rate it zero star, but that option is not available, hence one star.
I will recommend everyone to avoid going there, as there are so many issues:
1. Taking your car is not allowed, as no proper parking is available. it is banned from many kilometers away, you are forced to take battery ricksaw only.
2. Lanes are very narrow, crowded and dirty. It does'nt look like managed at all.
3. This temple is overly crowded, no line or crowd management, They keep closing curtains at every few minutes which increase more crowd. If you pay money you will get special darshan from backdoor, which further increases crowd and chaos.
4. No place to keep your shoes, they are scattered like garbage, and to collect them you need to walk many kilometers again.
5. I went with my husband, and due to crown we got separated after a lot of efforts i could meet him, as there is no proper lines, gates, exits etc.
6. You can not get a proper darshan even on a weekday. I went n Monday 29 Aug. but found it overly crowded.
7. Very very poor and greed management. This places is a totally mess.
8. If you wish to spoil your holiday come and experience pathetic law and order here.
9. Worst temple management I have ever come across.
10. Will not go ever nor will recommend this place to anyone. FULL OF CHEATERS.
11. Very disappointing experience at Banke Bihari Temple and Nidhi Van. Please Avoid going there.
Written 30 August 2022
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brahmabul
New Delhi, India95 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021
As is the case of most of the famous temples I have visited in the past like Jagannath Puri, Kali Maata Kolkata....Banke Bihari temple is no different in terms of management and hygiene.

Local touts and priests have made this holy place into a business hub. I think deliberately the management is kept poor so that these people can flourish. If there is no stampede like situation inside the main temple, there is no need for a backdoor entry which is promised by these touts for a petty sum of money. Really shame on these people. And the shocking part is that even the main priests inside indulge in all these activities by offering proper 'darshan' to the Lord.

On top of that, the crowd makes mockery of the Covid precautions.
Written 29 November 2021
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Deep S
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2024 • Family
There's Management is very poor and there every floor slippry one time an old lady has Slipped in very bad position.

Have to change timing schedule for reduces Crowded.

The schedule is Change night 12 closing time and Opening to early morning 4 AM to 1 PM.

Again evening times for opening 5 pm to 12 PM night.

Apologizing for trubling you...

Thanks😕😕😕😕
Written 30 June 2024
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Coastal48351773787
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
I and my family went to Vrindavan Temple on 13th Dec'2023 and it was a very terrible experience. The temple closes at 8pm however to my surprise it was opened for us at 9.30pm, we were in a package tour. There was this pandit named shri brijbihari thakur.shree dawoodjee maharaj who runs a business of religiously blackmailing the tourist. The moment he finished his preaching, there was a group of people approaching devotees to donate 16000, 8000, 4000 and so on. All the people are thugs who are making a fool of devotees in the name of religion. Request to look into this as we are creating a bad image of such a sacred place
Written 14 December 2023
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Aadhes
Colombo, Sri Lanka2,414 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
This is one of the important temple at Vrindavan dedicated to lord Krishna. This is in a narrow passage when there is crowd you will find it difficult to walk. We were there just few minutes before the opening in the afternoon, it was very crowded and there is no line or methodical arrangement made to devotees and tourists. People were gathered and pushing the crowd unbearably. In the meantime agents come there and negotiate for early/ VIP darshan for a hefty fare. don't get caught to this racket, they can take you to the gate or side entrance only. Inside of the temple you could feel heavenly vibration, unfortunately the devotees were allowed in disorderly manner and you are crushed among the people.
It is my humble suggestion to the temple management authorities to have the crowd arranged properly before a disaster happens.
Written 9 October 2022
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Sanjay
Kolkata (Calcutta), India159 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Solo
The temple has solid followers. Inspite of that the temple is not at all managed properly. No proper provision for keeping shoes. Inside the temple it is money which plays a role because if you can spend money you will be allowed to go right in the front, i. e. Till the place allowed. Might is right also plays a role in this temple.No management at all Rather to bluntly say a excellent temple with worst management. With the amount of money flowing it could have been an excellent temple.
Written 20 October 2021
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