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Region in India
Braj , also known as Vraj , Vraja , Brij or Brijbhumi , is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura -Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal , Ballabhgarh and Nuh in Haryana state, Deeg , Bharatpur , Karauli , and Dholpur in Rajasthan state and Morena District in Madhya Pradesh .[1] Mathura , Aligarh , Agra , Hathras and districts up to the Farrukhabad , Mainpuri and Etah districts.[2] Radha and Krishna who according to scriptures were born in Barsana and Mathura respectively.[3] [4] Krishna circuit of Hindu pilgrimage .[1]
It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 50 km northwest of Agra.[1]
Ecologically, the character of Braj has drastically changed in the last 200 years, with a heavy decline in the amount of wild animals along with deforestation. Writing in the late 1980s, Entwistle noted there were only a few groves left in the region, and that many sacred sites were being encroached upon by human agricultural settlements.
Etymology [ edit ]
The term Braj is derived from the Sanskrit word व्रज vraja .[4] [6] Rigveda , and in Sanskrit it means a pasture, shelter or resort for cattle from the Sanskrit term "vraj which means "to go" in English.
Braj pilgrimage circuits [ edit ]
The Braj Yatra circuit of pilgrimage was formally established by the 16th-century sadhus of the vaishnava sampradaya with fixed routes, itinerary and rituals. The area the circuit covers is spread across 2500 km 2 kos or 300 km long periphery extending 10 km to the east and 50 km to the north and west. Braj has two main types of pilgrimage circuits, the traditional longer Braj Yatra encompassing the whole circuit, and the other shorter significantly modified contemporary point-to-point pilgrimage to visit the main sites at Mathura, Vrindavan, Gokul , Govardhan . The former, longer traditional pilgrimage route, also includes additional sacred sites Nandgaon and Barsana with travel on foot.[1]
Notable Pilgrimage Sites [ edit ]
Notable pilgrimage sites taken from Entwistle (1987).[7]
See also [ edit ]
Regional
Braj language
Vajji , the ancient region of the Vṛji janapada that Bajjika evolved from
Charkula , Braj dance done with wooden pyramids
Mayur , peacock dance with Krishna and Radha
Rasiya , local style of music
Dhrupad , Indian music genre started in Braj
Religious
Vedic era
General
References [ edit ]
^ Lynch, Owen M. (31 December 1990), "ONE. The Social Construction of Emotion in India", Divine Passions , University of California Press, pp. 3–34, doi :10.1525/9780520309753-002 , ISBN 978-0-520-30975-3
^ a b Lucia Michelutti (2002). "Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town" (PDF) . PhD Thesis Social Anthropology . London School of Economics and Political Science University of London. p. 46 . Retrieved 20 May 2015 .
^ Prasad, Dev (2015). Krishna: A Journey through the Lands & Legends of Krishna ISBN 978-81-8495-170-7
^ Entwistle, Alan William (1987). "The Pilgrimage Itinerary". Braj: A Center of Krishna Pilgrimage . Egbert Forsten. pp. 309–429.
Further reading [ edit ]
Rupert Snell, The Hindi Classical Tradition: A Braj Bhasa Reader. Includes grammar, readings and translations, and a good glossary.
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