Kusum Sarovar, Govardhan

One day Shree Radha Rani was plucking flowers in Kusum Garden with her companions. Lord Shyamsundar being disguised in the form of gardener utter a shout from a distance, "who are you people to pluck flowers?"

All of the associates upon getting frightened ran away here and there and stood at a place. Shree Radha's divine blue cloth got strucked in the garden bush, couldn't run away. One/ two flowers fell down from her hand at hurry. Meanwhile, shyamsundar leaving his gardener appearance came in front of her in original . He freed her blue-cloth from the bush. Shyamsundar picked up the flowers fallen on earth by Radha.

Shree Radha told : ''oh beloved! the ground fallen flowers are not fit for worshipping, what is the use of these? Shree Shyamsundar washed all these flowers with the pond water and told oh sweet heart! now these flowers became pious. By saying this, Shree Shyamsundar put these flowers in her hair bun. Shree yugal kishore lost in ecstasy. From this time, this pond got famous in the name of ‘Kusum Sarovar’.

Location:
Kusum Sarovar is apprx 2 km distance from Radha Kund and is located in Goverdhan, Mathura, India.