Significance of Madan Teer
One of the most prominent of discoveries of Hith Harivansh Chandra Mahaprabhu is Madan teer, who according to his followers came to Vrindavan in 1506 with Shri Radhavallabh Lalji.
Establishing the deity’s seva on the 13th day of the bright fortnight in Kartik is believed that when Sri Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu had reached Vrindavan only lush and forest was all one could see. Thus, He shoot an arrow from this position and the stretch it covered helped to rediscover the holy places of Vrindavan that had got unseen and unknown to people with time and this point came to known as Madan Teer.
Features of Madan Teer :-
One of the first places, where 'Sri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu' reached on his arrival at Vrindavan with Sri Radhavallabh, is hardly two kilometres away from the main Radhavallabh Temple.
In lush green environment on the bank of Holy Yamuna in the Parikrama Marg (circumrotating path), the place has foot prints of Sri Mahaprabhu, where the Lord came and rested under the canopy of trees and creepers. At the time there was no temple of stone and brick, but after Harivansh’s disappearance in 1545, and when the first temple was constructed in 1585, his son Vanchandra continued the tradition, as have their successors.
History of Madan Teer :-
Love and devotion have the power to purify darkness to light and Madan Teer is the living example.
The priest tells the story which describes the holiness of this place when Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu first came to Vrindavan, it was being terrorized by the robber chieftain Naravahan. But when this dacoit came in touch with Harivansh Mahaprabhu, he was mesmerised by mahaprabhu's divine aura and became his follower. He gave up his antisocial activities and violent behaviour and Braj once again became a peaceful place to live and do bhajan.
About the Madan Teer :-
It's a grove where various types of fruit bearing trees grow in the midst there is the tree where a small temple is built with the impressions of charan paduka of Sri Hithharivansh mahaprabhu and the place where He had first place the holy Sri Vigrah of Lord Sri Radhavallabh lal.
Till today the holy scriptures of 'Sevak Vani', 'Radha Sudha Nidhi' and many more scriptures are recited and explained to the devotees by the head priests of Sri Radhavallabh temple. On the holy nights of Janmashtami, Radhashtami, Hitotsav and Patotsav devotees chant holy couplets and perform kirtan with vigour and glee.