Presentation made by Charu Shrivastava of K V Cantt, Mathura in the stage 3 of Mathura Genius Award 2009 (Junior Level) organized by Paarth Educational Foundation (www.paarth.in)

1. Mathura of My
Dreams
Introduction
Religious Significance
How Mathura lost its Heritage
Present Day condition of Mathura
Scientific development of Mathura
Conclusion

2. Introduction
Mathura is a city famous for its
glorious past and present.
Since time immemorial from the
region of king Agrasen
to the present day region of
Mayavati. Temples and Vans
adoms the geography of this
religiously historic place.
Saints and Sanyasi’s are busy in
chanting bhajans and
kirtans. On the other hand,
Mathura boast off having one
of the largest refineries and vet
nary college of Asia.

3. Religious Significance
Mathura is the city of temples. It is famous for lord Krishna who played
an important role in the victory of Pandava’s and Kaurava’s. In nearby it
is Vrindavan, which is called the ‘Rasa Bhoomi ‘ of Krishna. It is said
that
in Vrindavan Lord Krishna used to go for ‘Gaucharan’. In 2000 B.C
Alexandrian astronomer called this city as ‘Madura’ it means the City of
God. He described that the city was famous for Lord Krishna along with
Buddhism and Jainism. In ancient times there were big Ghats on the bank
of river Yamuna.People use to pray Goddess Yamuna and Sun. Lord
Krishna was the most popular person in mathura. Every Inch of
Mathura and Vrindavana was wrapped in the timeless devotion of Lord
Krishna. It is said that cows used to give milk when they listen to the
flute of Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha used to play
various rases in the vans.

4. How Mathura Lost Its Heritage
Situated between the Muslim Capitals of Delhi and Agra.
Mathura was attached by many Muslim rulers. Mohamed of
ghajini sacked the city in 1018 &1019. the city was looted
and many important temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb.
Many of the Hindu structures are not yet remained . When
Fahian visited India in 405 A.D , There were 20 Buddhist
monaseries in the neighborhood of Mathura. When Huien-
Te-Sang came to India, a number of monks turned out to
Buddhists and bouring out to Hinduism.

5. PRESENT DAY CONDITION OF
MATHURA
Today when India has Reached to moon , so in the
way to progress Mathura is loosing its heritage. We
can see a lot of garbage on the roads which is
destroying the beauty of our city. It is developing
very harmful disease. Poor drainage system is a
very serious problem. Streets become ponds during
rainy season.

6. Development of Mathura ~ In
Modern Context
In ancient times Mathura was surrounded by beautiful and large river
pools. There were large green trees which provide green fodder to
the cows and other milk yielding animals. It was a cool and calm
place of northern India as Mathura has seen many changes in its
geography and prosperity. I think that Mathura should again be
prosperous as it was ever before. There should be a wide range of
roads to connect various Temples and historical places . Municipal
Corporation should hang on hoarding to help the tourist coming
from outside city or country. Also there should be greenery to reduce
the pollution and we can inhale fresh air for good health.

7. As Mathura is famous for its Temples lakhs of people come here every
month, so there should be a proper arrangement for Tourist :-
 A chain of Hotels and Restaurants should be constructed .
 Shopping centers, Malls and plazas should be constructed.
 Proper programme should be chalked out so that the sanity of the
temples can be made.
 Commercial places should be constructed far away from the
temples.
 Repair and maintenance of temples should be done.

8. Scientific Development of Mathura
For Scientific development of Mathura it is necessary :
 Better infrastructure facilities.
 There should be more dental and medical collages to
encourage the students.
 Proper drainage system should be arranged.
 There should be dustbins on the roadside.
 Constructions of fly over should be done to control balance
the traffic .
 Use of C.N.G should be increased in cars and buses.
 Underground parking system should be arranged.
 Metro should be started in mathura

9. Conclusion
In the End I Just want to conclude that a Mathura can be a
Metropolitan city if the people become a little conscious and serious
about their city. Now We youngsters have to think that is this the
present day Mathura is the