Hith Harivansh is the founder of Radhavallabh Sampradaya, Born in Baad Graam on 11th Day of Boishakh. He was the incarnation of Lord Krishna's Flute. A follower of Prema Bhakti and devotee of Radharani the Supreme power. The famous temple of Shri Radhavallabh ji in Vrindavan, a place near Mathura is founded by him and his followers are facilitating the Temple. The old temple of Shri Radhavallabh ji, just adjacent to the new temple has a sculpture of Shri Hith Harivansh Ji. Shri Radhavallabh ji Temple is one of the most famous temples of Thakur of Vrindavan including Sri Bankey Bihari Ji, Shri Govind Dev ji, Shri Madan Mohan Ji, Shri Gopinath Ji, Shri Radha Raman Ji and Shri Radha Damodar Ji.
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Birth
Founder of the Shri Radhavallabh Sampradaya was His Divine Grace Goswami Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu who is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Krishna's flute. His father, Sri Vyasa Mishra, was a Gaur Brahman of Deoband in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, who was in service of the Moghul Emperor Humayun, according to 'Tarikh-I-Deoband'[1]. On one occasion while Shri Vyas Mishra was accompanying Emperor on his march from Agra, his wife Tara Rani, gave birth to a son at the Royal Army Camp at Baad, near Mathura; on 11th day[2] Monday of 'Baisakh'[3] in the Samvat 1530 corresponding to 10th.[4][5]
Childhood Days
Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu passed his childhood at Deoband a place of peace and divinity. Once playing with his playmates; the ball fell in a deep well. Mahaprabhu jumped into the well and came out with a 'Shri Vigraha'[6]. The well still exists and 'Sriji' placed in the ancestral palace, at Deoband is widely known as 'Sri Radha Navarangilalaji' here at Deoband. When he was eight years old Harivanshji's Yagyapaveet[7] ceremony was performed, and later he was married to Rukminiji, determined to abandon the world and lead the life of an ascetic.