Mathura, a city of temples and shrines flocked by thousands of devotees all year through, is also the birthplace of Shri Krishna. Mathura is adorned with many wonderful temples.
Vishram Ghat is one among the numerous ghats on the banks of Yamuna in Mathura. Legend has it that Lord Krishna took rest after killing kamsa here.
River Yamuna stretches in a crescent shape around Mathura and the ghats that line the banks on both sides make a grand spectacle, especially in the evenings when lamps are lit along the river and sunset aarti is done.
Mathura Parikrama, which is the circumambulation of the cultural and religious areas, begins at Vishram Ghat.
The birthplace of Krishna, believed to have been born in a prison cell, religiously significant as Krishna Janmasthan (Krishna’s birthplace) is marked by the new Keshav Dev or Kesava Deo temple
Legend goes on to tell us that Lord Yamaraj, worshipped in Hinduism as the God of Death, visited his sister Yami, the river goddess of the Yamuna, on the 5th and the last day of Deepavali, the most auspicious and most celebrated Hindu festival.