Govind Devji Temple Gate Behind Chougan Stadium
Gateway to a centuries-old shrine sheltering a sacred Krishna idol rescued from Mughal conquest.
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This guide to the Govind Devji Temple Gate in Jaipur follows a Krishna idol smuggled south from Vrindavan in 1670 to escape Aurangzeb's temple destructions, said to have been carved by Krishna's own great-grandson Bajranabh. It traces the statue's decades resting at Amber fort before Jaipur's founder, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, built his new capital around it as its central deity. The Chougan ground just behind this gate was once the city's royal polo field, staging its grandest public spectacles.
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