There are many deities of our Goswamis in Jaipur. For example, Sri Govinda was originally installed in Vrindavan nearly 5,000 years ago by Lord Krishna’s great-grandson, Vrajanabha. Govinda is one of the four presiding Deities of Vraja-mandala, who was re-discovered and worshiped by Rupa Goswami.
Govinda was later brought to the city of Amber, near Jaipur, by Maharaja Jai Singh II to protect the Deity from destruction at the hands of the Muslim emperor Aurangzeb. Jai Singh’s grandfather had orig