Nandgaon is situated 10 kilometers from Barsana on the
road towards Mathura. Typical of villages of Braj, Nandgaon too is
connected to the legend of Lord Krishna. Nandgaon was the home of Nanda,
the foster-father of Lord Krishna. Infant Krishna was actually exchanged
with the daughter of Nanda by Vasudeva, the blood father of Krishna, in
order to save him from the imminent death from the hands of Kansa. Nanda
thought that his wife Yashoda has given birth to the baby boy and
started raising him as his son.
The village is situated in the lap of a hill. There are quite a few
temples in the village among those the one dedicated to Nanda Rai is the
best. This temple is very old and Raja Roop Singh took a substantial
part of its construction. This temple is situated on the top of the
hillock. There are other minor temples too that are dedicated to minor
deities such as Narsingha, Nritya Gopal and Yashoda Nandan. Close by is
Pan Sarovar. This is actually a tank that has masonry ghats along its
sides. If we go by the legend, this lake served as the source of water
for the men and cattle of the then Nandgaon. Even Lord Krishna used to
take his cow at the same ghats. A grove of Kadamb called Udhoji - Ka-
Kyar is also close .
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