Narada-kunda
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Narada Vana is near Kusuma Sarovara. Narada Muni is said to have wrote the Narada-bhakti sutras here. He performed tapasya here after being instructed by Lord Siva to do so. He desired to witness the conjugal pastimes of Radha Krishna at Radha Kunda, but could not do so because he was in a male body. The story of Narada at this place is told in the Bhakta Ratnakar.
After being blessed by Vrinda Devi, he took a female body after bathing in Kusuma Sarovara. He then witnessed the pastimes of Radha and Krishna at Radha Kunda. Lord Krishna then instructed him to write about the glories of bhakti, devotional service. Even though Narada Muni had been cursed by Daksha that he could not stay for more than three days in one place, Krishna told him that he would be free of this curse, as Braja Mandal was in the spiritual world and not in the material world. Vrinda Devi then took Narada Muni back to Kusuma Sarovara where he bathed and took a male body again.
There is a good-sized kunda here called Narada Kunda. There is a Narada Temple here, with a deity of Narada Muni. It is managed by the Nimbarka Sampradaya. Not many people visit this place. It is said that one who takes bath in Narada Kunda will attain all the knowledge of the Vedas.
Directions:
To get here from Kusuma Sarovara you walk a short distance (80m) towards the town of Govardhana (away from Radha Kunda). On the left is a dirt road. From the road it is about 400m (a 5-minute walk) to Narada Vana. When you reach the end of the dirt road, the Narada temple is on the right and Narada Kunda is directly in front of you, behind some trees.