Editing Mathura (section)

====Early Middle Ages====
The famous female [[Alvars|Alvar]] saint, [[Andal]] visualised going to a pilgrimage which began at Mathura, then proceeded to [[Gokul]], the [[Yamuna]], the pool of Kaliya, [[Vrindavan]], [[Govardhan]], and finished at [[Dwarka]].<ref>{{cite book |author= Friedhelm Hardy |date=2001 |title=Viraha-bhakti: The Early History of Kṛṣṇa Devotion in South India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spZdOwAACAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press, Varanasi |page=424 |isbn=978-0195649161}}</ref> The eleventh century Kashmiri poet, [[Bilhana]] visited Mathura and [[Vrindavan]] after leaving Kashmir en route to Karnataka.<ref>{{cite book |author= (trans.) Georg Bühler |date=1875 |title=The Vikramânkadevacharita, a life of King Vikramâditya – Tribhuvanamalla of Kalyâna by Bilhana|url=https://archive.org/details/vikramnkadevacha00bilh/page/18/mode/2up |page=18|publisher=Bombay, Government central book depôt }}</ref>