About this guide

Why this guide exists

People planning a visit to Banke Bihari Temple ask practical questions that can be hard to answer reliably: which schedule applies this month, what the temple's rules are, how to reach Vrindavan, and what to expect in the crowd. Answers online are often copied from one site to another and repeated long after they have changed.

This guide brings that information together with a source for each important fact, the date it was last checked, and a clear note wherever sources disagree or something could not be verified.

What we do

• Research information about the temple from official and other reliable sources.
• Organise it so visitors can find timings, rules and practical guidance quickly.
• Explain the temple's traditions, clearly labelled as tradition or belief where that is what they are.
• Provide pilgrimage planning information, and say plainly when something has not been verified.
• Link to official sources, especially the temple's own website, bihariji.org (opens in a new tab).

What we do not do

Who is responsible for this guide

The guide is edited by Sai Kiran, who is responsible for what it publishes and for acting on corrections.

Pages are researched and drafted by the editorial desk with the help of AI tools, then checked against the sources cited on each page. We describe this workflow openly in our editorial policy. Each page shows when it was published, when it was last substantively updated, and when its sources were last checked.

First-hand experience

We have not yet published first-hand observations from visits to the temple, and our pages do not claim them. Practical guidance is based on the temple's published information and other cited sources. When contributors do visit, their observations will appear as dated, signed field notes, each with its limitations stated, and will be clearly separated from researched information.

How we research

We prefer primary sources, above all the official temple website, then government and court sources, then established news organisations and published works. Tertiary sources such as Wikipedia are used with caution and labelled. The full method, and every source we cite, is on our sources and methodology page.

Corrections

If something is wrong or out of date, please tell us. We review every report against our sources, correct the page, and record significant corrections in our public correction log.

Independence and advertising

We do not accept payment for editorial mentions and do not publish paid reviews. There is no advertising on the site at present. If that changes, advertising or affiliate links will be clearly labelled and will not influence what we say about the temple, its rituals or its timings.