What is the story behind the origin of gopi chandana?
From Parampara Vani P
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okay so the question that raised my mind question from parampara mandiram what is the origin of the gopi chandan where where does it come from and what how is it connected with the gopis answer the the gopi chandan is actually the the dust of the lotus feet of the gopis when they had been at one time mystically transported to vrindavan by from vrindavan to dwarka by krishna there are in different incarnations of different manifestations of krishna krishna acts in various ways to reveal the separation of the gopis so this has been revealed by the acharyas and in this particular story krishna arranges the gopis to get transported from vrindavan to dwarka and when they were transported to dwarka they woke up in the morning and they were searching around you know where are we so then there was a beautiful lake over there and actually even the name dwarka also comes from there the suddenly found himself transported and then they were looking here looking there where is the door where is the army so dwarka where is the door dwarka is where so dwarka that’s how the name that’s one story one origin of the name dwarka there are other origins also but the gopis when they were there there was a lake in that area and as they made it and they went in the lake and made it out of the lake the dust from their feet mixed with the water and the whole dust in that area soil in that area became sanctified and that’s how the in the dust of that area is known as