In the river banks of Mathura, amidst great serenity on the Newly completed Delhi Highway from Mathura, there is Durvasa Rishi Ashram, otherwise called as Gadi Baba Ashram.
History:
Sage Durvasa had come to Vrindavan. The gopis venerated Him and sought His blessings. They found that He was very hungry. They prepared food for him with great joyfulness and happiness. Carrying all this, they made their way to where the Sage was, and found Him on the other side of the River Yamuna. The river was in spate. And the Great Sage was waiting…
They ran to Lord Krishna and told Him the story. We have all this food, the Sage is waiting for it on the other side of the river… and this great Sage was well known for His quick temper. Please help us O Saviour!!!
Krishna gracefully smiled asked them go to the river and bow down to Yamuna matha and tell her this… We have all this food for Sage Durvasa and He is hungry. Please help us. Krishna, the real Brahmachari has sent us, O Yamuna let us pass. The gopis look at each other in bewilderment, each remembering that not only was Lord Krishna married but to a lot of wives… !!! But out of their bhakthi they sought to go to river Yamuna. They bade their way to the banks of the river and bow down and prayed to Yamuna matha. They told the words of Lord Krishna And Lo….The river magically split in to two halves and there was a clean pathway straight to the waiting hungry Sage. The gopis were relieved and quickly crossed over to the other side.
With great devotion and love they offered to the Sage. He ate with lot of heart. After eating heartfully the contented sage relaxed totally and was really very happy for gopis’ devotion…
One of the gopis suddenly realizes that the river is in full spate again. With fear, the gopis told the Sage about the spate of Yamuna matha, and with devotion asked how to get back to the other shore. He gracefully smiled and told the gopis to go to Yamuna matha and bow down and tell her this…. We need your help Yamuna Matha. We have to go to the other shore. Durvasa, the sage who never ate, has sent us. o Yamuna let us pass. The gopis are once again bewildered, but since a sage of the stature of Durvasa had told them, they thought that he should have told for a reason… They bade their way once again to the river banks and with love and veneration towards Yamuna matha.. They told the words of Durvasa Rishi and Lo… The river magically split once again. The gopis crossed the river without any trouble.
The spot where Durvasa rishi stayed became his ashrama… and Gadi baba, a famous saint attained jeeva samadhi ages later.
Lord Krishna the yogi who was in kingship was a lotus flower, no karmas touched Him and so was Durvasa Rishi the Maharaja of Rishis. No karma touched him either.
The bustling Yamuna mata is utterly still near the Durvasa Ashram as if bowing before the great Sage, the avtar of Lord Shiva.
Durvasa Rishi’s presence hovers around the ashram and silently graces us with tranquility, as Gadi baba fills our chakras with intense energy.
Gadi Baba’s jeeva samadhi in front of Durvasa Rishi’s alive statue