Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The Giriraj Shila is said to carry Krishna's own footprints and to have been handed to Sanatana Goswami by Krishna himself, so that four turns around the temple are held to equal one circuit of Govardhan Hill.