Editing Vrindavan (section)

{{Short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{about|the city in Uttar Pradesh, India|the spiritual Vrindavan|Goloka|altar for Tulasi plant|Tulasi Vrindavana}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}} 
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Vrindavan
| other_name               = Vrindaban, Brindaban
| nicknames                = City of Widows
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = {{Photomontage
| photo1a          = Iskon Temple, Vrindawan.jpg 
| photo1b = Madanmohan Mandir Vrindavan.JPG
| photo2a = Radha Damodar Temple.JPG
| photo2b = Radhavallabhlalj.jpg
| photo3a          = Prem Mandir Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India (2014).jpg
| spacing          = 2
| position         = center
| color_border     = white
| color            =  black
| size             = 266
| foot_montage     = '''Clockwise from top:''' 
[[ISKCON Temple, Vrindavan|ISKCON Temple ]], [[Radha Madan Mohan Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Madanmohan Temple]], [[Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Damodar Temple]], [[Radha Vallabh Temple, Vrindavan|Radha Vallabh Temple]], [[Prem Mandir Vrindavan|Prem Mandir]]}}
| pushpin_map              = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| pushpin_map_alt          = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label_position   = right
| coordinates              = {{coord|27.58|N|77.7|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[List of states and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Mathura district|Mathura]]
| established_title        = <!-- Established -->
| established_date         = 
| founder                  = 
| named_for                = 
| government_type          = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body           = Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal Corporation
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Vinod Agarwal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etnownews.com/news/live-mathura-vrindavan-mayor-election-result-2023-counting-news-online-latest-updates-vinod-agarwal-bjp-raja-mohtasim-ahmed-bsp-liveblog-100204223|title=BJP's mayoral candidate from Mathura Vinod Agarwal wins|date=13 May 2023|work=ET Now News|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
| leader_party             = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| unit_pref                = Metric
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_rank                = 
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 170
| population_total         = 63,005
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_rank          = 
| population_demonym       = Vrindavan wasi
| demographics_type1       = Languages
| demographics1_title1     = Official
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +05:30
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code              = 281121
| area_code                = 0565
| area_code_type           = Telephone code
| registration_plate       = UP-85
| website                  = 
| footnotes                = 
| demographics1_info1      = [[Hindi]]
| demographics1_title3     = Native
| demographics1_info3      = [[Braj Bhasha|Braj Bhasha dialect]]
}}
'''Vrindavan''' ({{IPA|hns|ʋɾɪnˈdɑːʋən|pron|Vrindavan.ogg}}; {{IAST3|Vṛndāvana}}), also spelt '''Vrindaban''' and '''Brindaban''',<ref name=":0" /> is a historical city in the [[Mathura district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Braj|Braj Bhoomi]] region and holds religious importance for Hindus who believe that [[Krishna]], one of the main Gods in [[Hinduism]], spent most of his childhood in this city.<ref name="Hawley">{{cite book |surname=Hawley |given=John Stratton |title=Krishna's Playground: Vrindavan in the 21st Century |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-19-012398-7 |place=Oxford; New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UP gets first officially designated 'teerth sthals' in Vrindavan and Barsana|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/up-gets-first-officially-designated-teerth-sthals-in-vrindavan-and-barsana/articleshow/61277272.cms|date=27 October 2017|publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name="route">{{cite web |title=NHAI |url=http://www.nhai.org/NH2_Delhi_Kolkata_main.htm  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204065036/http://www.nhai.org/NH2_Delhi_Kolkata_main.htm |archive-date=4 December 2016 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Keene|first=Henry George|author-link=Henry George Keene (1826–1915)|title=A Handbook for Visitors to Agra and Its Neighbourhood|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookforvis00keengoog#page/n113/mode/1up|chapter=Bindrabun|date=1899|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co.|pages=98–106}}</ref> Vrindavan has about 5,500 temples dedicated to the worship of Krishna and his chief consort, [[Radha]].<ref name="Madan">{{cite book |last=Gopal |first=Madan |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |title=India through the ages |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |year=1990 |editor=K.S. Gautam |page=[https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/176 176]}}</ref> It is one of the most [[sacred]] places for [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] traditions.<ref name="Hawley" /><ref name="Madan" /> 

Vrindavan forms a part of the "Krishna pilgrimage circuit" under development by the Indian Ministry of Tourism. The circuit also includes [[Mathura]], [[Barsana]], [[Gokul]], [[Govardhan]], [[Kurukshetra]], [[Dwarka]] and [[Puri]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Development of Ramayana and Krishna Circuits |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1513307 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=G. |title=Oxford Art Online |chapter-url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t090249 |chapter=Vrindavan |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t090249 |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref>