Gokul is a town in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 15 kilometres south-east of Mathura. In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the term "gokula" does not refer to any specific location, but rather simply a "cattle herd" or a temporary cowherd camp. According to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Gokula is where Kr̥ṣṇa performe…Gokul is a town in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 15 kilometres south-east of Mathura. In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the term "gokula" does not refer to any specific location, but rather simply a "cattle herd" or a temporary cowherd camp. According to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Gokula is where Kr̥ṣṇa performed most of his childhood līlā.
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