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Another
interesting tradition relates to the observance of five Gakaras in
this holy city. They are : I. Gomati-bath in the sacred river Gomati;
2. Gomaya-bathing with gomaya cow-dung smeared all over the body;
3.. Godana-gifting of a cow to a deserving brahmin; 4. Gopichandana-bearing
the marks of gopichandana on forehead, arms etc, 5. Gopinath darsan-filling
the eyes with the lovely image of Sri Krishna. It is said that the
darsan of the Dwarakanath is so meritorious and it is equal to
performing many types of sacrifices and emptying bags of Dakshina to
the brahmins. Skanda Purana which devoted 44 chapters glorifying
this thirtha exhorts that the darsan of lord Sri Krishna is so
sanctifying that every Hindu worth the description should
unfailingly avail -it; and one may afford to bypass the·darsan of
the deities at equally important and holy places like Kasi,
Kurukshetra, Prabhasa etc. but not here. It is equal to that of the
darsan of gods at all the sacred places in India.
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