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Ujjain is traditionally considered one of India’s seven holy cities and one of the four places where the eternal nectar of the demigods fell upon the earth after a major struggle with the demons. This ancient occurrence has given Ujjain the spiritual gravitas that marks the Kumbha Mela, a festival that takes places every twelve years. During that time the city is packed to the rafters with a few million pilgrims from all over India.Also in Ujjain, on the bank of the holy Shipra River, is Rama Ghat, revered and worshiped as the site where Lord Ramacandra bathed eons ago.

Chandan yatra begins from Akshaya Tritaya and is celebrated for 21 days mainly in the summer for the pleasure of the Lord and his devotees. As part of the festival, the Deities are applied fresh and cool sandalwood paste to give relief from hot summer.   
Once Lord Gopalji apperared in a dream to Madhavendra Puri (a prominent acharya in Brahma Madhava sampradaya) and told him 'I am feeling very hot and thus please go the forest nearby Puri in Orrisa and bring sandalwood for me". Thereafter Madhavendra Puri went to Puri and fetched sandalwood as per the instructions of Lord Gopal. On his way back, Gopalji apperared in a dream to him and told him 'There is no difference between me and Sri Gopinath. So apply chandan to Sri Gopinath whose temple is in Remuna". Thus, Madhavendra Puri applied the sandalwood he brought for Gopal to Gopinath.

 

 

 

 

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