RadhaKund

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Radhakund is a little township on the Goverdhan Parikrama route in Uttar Pradesh, India.

It is said to be the holiest of holy spots in the universe.^{[attribution needed]} Mythology has it that when Lord Krsna slayed a mighty asura (demon) in the form of a bull, Radha tersely told Krsna to wash off his sins by taking dips in various holy rivers. Krsna laughed it off and struck the ground with his foot whereupon the mighty rivers emerged, welled up and formed a kunda (little water body). Subsequently the Lord bathed in the water to please Radha. The kund came to be called "Shyaama kunda". Indignant that Krsna used his powers for this, she and her girlfriends dug out a kunda with their bangles and filled it with water from 'Mansi ganga', another holy kunda of Brajadhaam. That particular kunda is today's 'Radhakunda' where people come from far and wide to take a dip.

Since Radhaji is considered the most holy, chaste, pure, pious and greatest of all divinities, radhakunda has got its significance and spiritual grandeur by being made personally by Radharani.