Come with us to Mathura to the two very ancient and holy temples of Sri Varāhadeva. In the first temple, we shall have darshan of Sri Sweta Varaha and perform parikrama around Him. Then we shall go to the second temple and have darshan of Sri Adi-Varaha (Krsna Varaha) and do parikrama and offer prayers to Him. This video was taken on Jaya Ekadasi, the day before Sri Varaha Dwadasi, the apperance day of Lord Varahadev. In the book, Sri Vraja Mandal Parikrama by our beloved Srila Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaj, we find the following description of the two Varaha Temples in Mathura: Behind the present Dvārakādhīśa Temple in Māṇika-choka are two temples of Lord Varāha. One of them has a black deity of Varāha (Kṛṣṇa-varāha, or Ādi-varāha); the other has a white deity of Varāha (Śveta-varāha). During the period of Svāyambhuva Manu in Brāhmakalpa, Kṛṣṇa-varāha manifested from the nostril of Brahmā in a four-legged, boar form. He kept the Earth on His tusk and brought her up from Rasātala, the nether region. During the reign of Cākṣusa Manu, Śveta-varāha manifested from the ocean. His face was like that of a boar and the lower portion of His body was human-like. He is also called Nṛ-varāha (nṛ meaning “human”). He killed Hiraṇyākśa and delivered the Earth. In the beginning of Satya-yuga, there was a brāhmaṇa sage named Kapila, who was a worshipper of Bhagavān Ādi-varāha. Indra, the king of the demigods, pleased that brāhmaṇa and then brought the deity of Varāha to the heavenly planets, where he installed Him for worship. Having defeated Indra, the mighty Rāvaṇa seized that Varāha deity from Svarga and established Him in Laṅkā. After killing the impersonalist Rāvaṇa, Śrī Rāmacandra brought that same deity to Ayodhyā and installed Varāhadeva in the palace. When Mahārāja Śatrughna was leaving Ayodhyā to kill Lavaṇāsura, he asked his elder brother Śrī Rāmacandra for the deity. Mahārāja Śatrughna carried the deity with him and, after killing Lavaṇāsura, established Him in the city of Mathurā, where one can take darśana of Him even today.
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