Old Shrinathji Temple (Ghasiyar)

ShreeNathji settled in Nathdwara and all were happy with the area and surrounding.But soon there was a problem created by the Scindia army. They wanted 3 lakh mudras or else threatened to loot the Haveli. As soon as the Maharana of Udaipur heard this he immediately made arrangements to move Shreeji to Udaipur for safety. Shreeji stayed in the Udaipur Haveli for nearly 10 months till His new Haveli was built at a place called Ghasiyar. This scenic place is situated in the Gokunda Mountains.

As Shreeji should not feel upset with the whole arrangement an exact replica of His Haveli in Nathdwara was erected. His Paat utsav was celebrated here. Sewa similar to the Haveli at Nathdwara was also established soon.

There is a very interesting story behind this moving out from Ghasiyar back to Nathdwara.

Gusainji-son of Mahaprabhuji had 7 sons. One of them, Girdhariji came here with ShreeNathji for continuation of sewa and later traveled back with Him to Nathdwara. He was in charge of looking after the needs of Shreeji.

As they built the Ghasiyar Haveli and settled with Shreeji, the followers and sewaks; all had accompanied Him from Jatipura in Mathura - the original Appearance place of Shreeji; situated in the divine Braj bhumi.