Dhama Comparison

“In Krishna Book, Srila Prabhupada beautifully describes the city of Dwaraka as follows: “Being inquisitive as to how Krishna was managing His household affairs with so many wives, Narada desired to see these pastimes and so set out to visit Krishna’s different homes. When Narada arrived in Dwaraka, he saw that the gardens and parks were full of various flowers of different colours and orchards that were overloaded with a variety of fruits. Beautiful birds were chirping, and peacocks were delightfully crowing. There were tanks and ponds full of blue and red lotus flowers, and some of these sites were filled with varieties of lilies. The lakes were full of nice swans and cranes, whose voices resounded everywhere. In the city there were as many as 900,000 great palaces built of first-class marble, with gates and doors made of silver. The posts of the houses and palaces were bedecked with jewels such as touchstone, sapphires and emeralds, and the floors gave off a beautiful luster. The highways, lanes, streets, crossings and marketplaces were all beautifully decorated. The whole city was full of residential homes, assembly houses and temples, all of different architectural beauty. All of this made Dwaraka a glowing city. The big avenues, crossings, lanes and streets, and also the thresholds of every residential house, were very clean. On both sides of every path there were bushes, and at regular intervals there were large trees that shaded the avenues so that the sunshine would not bother the passersby.”” (SB 10.69.1-6)