Baldeo is a town and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in Mathura district in the state of

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History

Baldeo town of Mathura district, which is about a 25 km from Mathura.

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to reach here by bus, taxi arrangements etc. According to Hindu mythology, Baldeo is the place where Lord Krishna's elder brother named ' Baldeo' use to rule. It is also known as 'Dauji' in the local areas around mathura as the other name of Lord Baldeo was 'Dau Ji maharaj'. Additionally, there is a famous temple in Baldeo of 'Dau Ji Maharaj', where there is a stone statue of him with his wife

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situated.The idol of Dauji was installed by the grandson of Lord Krishna, Vajranabha. But during the time of Arabic Sultans, the temple was destroyed and the idol lost over a period of time. Afterwards, in Mughal era 480 years ago, the grandson of Mahaprabhu shrimad

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, and the 4th son of

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gusaiji, Goswami Gokulnathji re-installed the deity on Purnima of shukla paksha in Magsheer and began the worship and rituals again. Later he gave the seva to a brahmin named keshav pandey, whoes lineage of pandey is today also performing internal seva of the mandir.

Geography

Baldeo is located at . It has an average elevation of 176 metres (577 feet). It is about 22 km from

Demographics

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, Baldeo had a population of 9695. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Baldeo has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Shri Dauji Maharaj Mandir

This town Baldeo(Dauji) is famous because of this historical temple of Shri Dauji Maharaj (Balram). In fact because of this temple town got this name. Baldeo is the elder brother of Yogiraj Shri

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. This temple has been established some where around 1535 AD. For celebrating the establishment every year in December at the day of ''Margshish poornima'' (according to Vikram samwat calendar) MELA has been organised. All the festivals related to hinduism has been celebrated in the temple.

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is celebrated as HURANGA in the Shri Dauji maharaj Mandir is very much popular and the people from various places including outside the country used to for attending it.

References

Cities and towns in Mathura district {{Mathura-geo-stub