Plan · यात्रा की तैयारी
Plan your Barsana trip
Everything a first visit needs, on one page. If you want it done for you, the form at the bottom does that.
How to reach
- From Delhi NCR: about 130 km by road via Kosi Kalan, 3 to 3.5 hours. Leave by 5 AM to reach for Shringar aarti
- From Mathura Junction: about 42 km, around an hour. Cabs wait outside the station; ours meet you at the gate
- From Agra: about 100 km, 2 to 2.5 hours
- Nearest airports: Delhi (IGI) and Agra. Nearest stations: Mathura Junction and Kosi Kalan
Distances from Barsana
| Place | About |
|---|---|
| Unchagaon (Lalita Sakhi) | 2 km |
| Nandgaon | 8 km |
| Kosi Kalan (station, highway) | 15 km |
| Radha Kund | 18 km |
| Govardhan | 20 km |
| Mathura | 42 km |
| Vrindavan | 45 km |
| Agra | 100 km |
| Delhi | 130 km |
Timings that matter
- Shriji: summer 5 AM to 2 PM and 5 to 9 PM; winter 5:30 AM to 2 PM and 5 to 8:30 PM. Shut every afternoon
- Ropeway: 8 AM to 9 PM, Rs 110 adult and Rs 60 child round trip. Official booking
- Best months: October to March. Summer afternoons cross 40 degrees; the monsoon turns the hills green
- Best hour: weekday sunrise. Weekends and festival mornings are the crowd
Parking and the climb
- Paid parking at the base of the hill; on festival days the town is zoned and cars stop further out
- 200+ steps to the temple, with landings to rest. The ropeway is the alternative
- Shoes come off at the temple; carry a bag for them
Money
- Cash and UPI run the town; cards work only at the bigger hotels
- Three ATMs, one of them 24 hours, and they empty on festival days. Withdraw in Mathura or at the airport
- No money changer within 40 km. For guests from abroad we handle exchange on the way in and set up UPI. Money and exchange
Food
Barsana eats simple and vegetarian: kachori and jalebi in the morning, thalis at lunch, lassi and peda. No alcohol, no meat, and none expected. Ask us for the places we eat at ourselves; they change, and we keep the list current.
Carry
WaterCap or dupattaSmall notesShoe bagID for staysPower bankA shawl in winter mornings
Etiquette
In the temple and the town
- Say Radhe Radhe; it is hello, thank you and goodbye in Barsana
- Modest clothes, shoulders and knees covered, for everyone
- No photography near the deity unless told it is fine; none of sadhus without asking
- Do not touch the deities or the altar; the sevayats do the seva
- Leather is best left in the car at the temple
First time?
A one-day plan that works
- Leave Delhi at 5, reach the base by 8:30, up by ropeway or steps for darshan before the heat.
- Kirti Mandir, then Peeli Pokhar and the Ashta Sakhi temple at the foot of the steps.
- Lunch; rest in the shade while the temples are shut.
- Nandgaon at 4:30, back for Sandhya aarti at 7, home by 11.
Tell us your dates · अपनी तारीख़ बताइए
We reply with a plan, not a brochure
Say when you are coming and how many of you there are. You get two or three options with real distances to Shriji and a fixed price. No surge on festival days.
- Reply within a day, usually within hours
- Stays 10% below the walk-in rate when booked through us
- A local lead with every group on festival days
- No VIP darshan promises, because there is no such thing at Shriji