Fire in Radha Raman’s kitchen hasn’t gone out in 450 years (Album with photos)
Sri Vrindavan Dham has a lot of traditions related to Radha and Krishna, the temples and ashrams, through which they bless their devotees.
One of these amazing traditions is the “eternal” fire in Shri Radha Raman Lal Ji’s kitchen, which hasn’t gone out in 450 years. Sewayats use kande (cakes made from dried cow dung) only to bring the fire to the surface for cooking purpose. No match box is used in the entire temple premises.
450 years ago Gopal Bhatt Goswami, who revealed Radha Raman Lal to the world, ignited this fire using his Vedic mantras. While chanting the mantras, he rubbed wooden sticks together to bring forth the flame, which he took to the kitchen and kept it burning for the entire time he was alive.
His descendants followed the same tradition and have never let the fire go out in the past four and half centuries.
Sewayats also keep special care of the purity because of which no outsider is allowed in the Lord’s kitchen. Only the descendants of Gopal Bhatt Goswami and temple sewayats cook food for the Lord. Also, no sewayat is allowed to leave the kitchen without having finished cooking the whole offering. If he does, he is not allowed to re-enter without first taking a proper bath.
The Radha Raman temple follows some of the highest standards and strictest rules for deity seva in Vrindavan.
