Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva in a prison cell where they were confined by his maternal uncle Kansa, a king of Mathura, due to prophecy of his death by the child of Devaki.
This temple has lot of good & bad history, mainly due to invaders!
* Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II in 400CE built a new magnificent temple complex.
*In 1017 or 1018, Mahmud of Ghazni attacked and plundered Mahaban. He plundered gold and silver statues and carried away a load of hundred camels.
*In the reign of Jehangir, in 1618, Raja Veer Singh Deva Bundela of Orchha had built a temple at the cost of thirty-three lakhs.
*Aurangzeb attacked Mathura and destroyed that Keshavdeva temple in 1670 and built the Shahi Eidgah in its place.
*Jugal Kishore Birla entrusted the construction of the new temple with another industrialist and philanthropist Jaidayal Dalmia. The construction of the temple complex was started in October 1953 with leveling of lands and completed in February 1982.
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