Pushtimarg Baithak, Mathura

Name: Pushtimarg Baithak
Address: Mathura, India

#14 among attractions in Mathura

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Baithak or Bethak, lit. 'seat', is a site considered sacred by the followers of the Pushtimarg tradition of Vaishnava Hinduism in India for performing devotional rituals. These sites are associated with Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu, the founder of Pushtimarg and his descendants. They mark public events in their lives. Some of them are restricted or foreboding. These sites are spread across India and are chiefly concentrated in Braj region in Uttar Pradesh and in western state of Gujarat. Total 142 Baithaks are considered sacred; 84 of Vallabhacharya, 28 of his son Viththalanath Gusainji and 30 of his seven grandsons. ()

Coordinates: 27°26'25"N, 77°42'48"E

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Nearby attractions include: Government Museum, Kesava Deo Temple, Kans Quila, Jama Masjid.

4.1 miNW
Museum, Archaeological museum, Buddhist architecture
Government Museum, Mathura
106 min walk • The Government Museum, located in the vibrant city of Mathura, India, stands as a testament to the region’s rich cultural and historical heritage. This museum is a treasure trove for those interested in exploring the ancient civilization that once flourished in this...
5.2 miNW
Temple
Kesava Deo Temple, Mathura
133 min walk • The Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex is a group of Hindu temples in Mallapura, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. These temples are built at the location where the Hindu deity Krishna is believed to be born, and is adjacent to the Eidgah mosque built by Aurangzeb.
5 miNW
Forts and castles
Kans Quila, Mathura
128 min walk • Kans Quila is a fortified castle located in Mathura, India. The fort is named after "Kansa", a king who lived around 5500 BC, in the ancient city of Mathura, India. Kansa was the maternal uncle of Krishna, a Hindu deity. The fort is believed to be from the age of Mahabharata, about 5500 BC.
5 miNW
Mosque
Jama Masjid, Mathura
128 min walk • The Jama Mosque is a 17th-century congregational mosque in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Abd-al-Nabi Khan, governor of Mathura during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
~1380 ftNE
Lake
Gokul barrage, Mathura
7 min walk • The Gokul barrage, also Mathura barrage is a barrage on Yamuna River at Gokul in Mathura district, top of which also serves as the road bridge. Yamuna has a total of 6 barrages, from north-west to south-east, Dakpathar Barrage, Hathni Kund Barrage, Wazirabad barrage, ITO barrage, Okhla barrage and Mathura barrage.
5.3 miNW
Monuments and statues
Kimbell seated Bodhisattva, Mathura
134 min walk • The Kimbell seated Bodhisattva is a statue of a "bodhisattva" from the art of Mathura, now in the Kimbell Art Museum. The statue is dated to 131 CE, by an inscription recording its dedication in "Year 4 of the Great King Kanishka", since the date of the beginning of Kanishka's reign is thought to be 127 CE.
4.8 miN
Temple
Dwarkadheesh temple Mathura, Mathura
123 min walk • Shri Dwarkadheesh Mandir is one of the oldest and largest Hindu temples of Mathura city in state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The current structure of temple was built up by Seth Gokul Das Parikh, the treasurer of then Gwalior State in 1814, with approval and donation from Shrimant Daulatrao Scindia, Maharajah of Gwalior.
4.7 miN
Park
Aram Bagh, Mathura
120 min walk • The Aram Bagh is the oldest Mughal Garden in India, originally built by the Mughal Emperor Babur in 1528, located about five kilometers northeast of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Babur was temporarily buried there before being interred in Kabul.
5.1 miN
Museum, Art gallery
Yūpa, Mathura
131 min walk • A Yūpa, or Yūpastambha, was a Vedic sacrificial pillar used in Ancient India. It is one of the most important elements of the Vedic ritual. The execution of a victim, who was tied at the Yūpa, was meant to bring prosperity to everyone.
5.3 miNW
Museum, Art gallery
Art of Mathura, Mathura
134 min walk • The Art of Mathura refers to a particular school of Indian art, almost entirely surviving in the form of sculpture, starting in the 2nd century BCE, which centered on the city of Mathura, in central northern India, during a period in which Buddhism, Jainism together with Hinduism flourished in India.