Dvadasa Ditya tila

[Paramananda das]

Dvadasyaditya Tila is the name of where Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan temple is located in Vrindavana . Srila Sanatana Goswami obtained Madan Mohan from a Brahmana family in Mathura. Actually when Sri Advaita Acarya had come to Vrindavana He discovered Madan Mohan also known as Madan gopal .This place is called Advaita vat , if you go to Vrindavana do not neglect this place, make sure to always pay obaisences there , because Sri Advaita Acarya stayed there for some time and He is Lord MahaVisnu Himself.So when He went back to Santi pure he left Madan Gopal with a Brahmin family in Mathura .Madan Mohan used to talk to this family and walk arouend like an ordinary child and then sometimes He would become the Arca Vigraha , now Madan Mohan is in Karoli .Once during Krsnas pastimes He took bath in Yamuna and came out feeling cold ,so He called for 12 Suns to come and heat Him up.Actually our Sun has 12 manifestations for each month of the year so Krsna called them all at once so 12 suns at once appeared in the sky ,have you ever seen 12 Suns at once? Krsna can do whatever He likes He is the Supreme controller.So Krsna was sweating transcendentally profusely , due to the heat of the 12 Suns and Krsna created Praskanda Sarovara at the bottom of the hill so when I come to this temple from the Parikrama path I put some dust from where Praskanda Sarovara used to be on my forhead . Srila Raghunath das Goswami has prayed :
When the twelve sums shone from every direction, perspiration fell from Lord Krsna’s transcendental body, and from this perspiration came a charming, splendid, clear lake bearing the sweet fragrance of the Lord’s delicate, supremely handsome, and supremely opulent transcendental limbs. Bowing down, I worship this lake, known as Praskandahana-sarovara.