Nathdwara
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Place details
- Locality
- Nathdwara
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 42,016
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nathdwara
- Settlement.nickname
- Shreenathji ki nagri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Rajasthan#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rajasthan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rajsamand
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Rajasthan
- Elevation
- +585
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Religion
- Vallabha Sampradaya
- Shrinathji Temple
- Naveet Priya and Madan Mohan Temples
- Vithal Nath Temple
- Other
- Geography and Transport
- Demographics
- Artists of Nathdwara
- Tourism
- Statue of Belief
- References
- External links
thumb|Third eye circle, Nathdwara, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan Nathdwara is a city in the Rajsamand district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located in the Aravalli hills, on the banks of the Banas River and is 48 kilometres north-east of Udaipur. Shrinathji, is a swarup of lord Krishna which resembles his 7-year-old "infant" incarnation of Krishna. The deity was originally worshiped at Jatpura, Mathura and was shifted in the year 1672 from Govardhan hill, near Mathura along holy river Yamuna after being retained at Agra for almost six months. Literally, Nathdwara means 'Gateway to Shrinathji (God)'.
Nathdwara is a significant Vaishnavite shrine pertaining to the Pushti Marg or the Vallabh Sampradaya or the Shuddha Advaita founded by Vallabha Acharya, revered mainly by people of Gujarat and Rajasthan, among others. Vitthal Nathji, son of Vallabhacharya institutionalised the worship of Shrinathji at Nathdwara. Today also the Royal king family of Nathdwara belongs to the lineage of vallabhacharya mahaprabhuji. They are called Tilkayat or tikaet of Nathdwara.