The village of Sunarasa is situated three km north east of Chatikara & two km from Vrindavana. East of this village, is the Ramtal, or some people also call as Nagalokoka. Sunarasa village is called the place where Sri Saubhari Muni performed penances.
Saubhari Rishi was amongst the greatest sages of Satyug. Ramtal is the place where he performed austerities for ten thousand years in the waters in Vrindavana.
How to get there : You can easily go by Auto from Vrindavana.
According to ‘Rig Veda’ Lord Brahma has a son by the name Angira whose son was Ghor, who had Karnav as his son. Subhari Rishi was the descendent of Karnav Rishi.
During this period, Ayodhya was ruled by King Mandhata, whose kingdom was fighting drought from the past many years. Narad Muni advised the King to seek
The King followed the instruction and performed the Yagna along with Saubhari Rishi. As a result it rained heavily in Ayodhya ending long standing drought.
In Satyug, Yamuna used to flow near to this place and Saubhari Rishi used to feed flour-balls daily to the fishes of holy river. The Rishi was also known to provide shelter to the needy.
On the other side, when Garuda, the ride of Lord Vishnu, started feeding on the snakes and fishes of Ramanaka-dvipa, then Ananta Shesha guided them to go under the shelter of Saubhari Rishi. Post then many snakes including the venomous serpert Kaliya took shelter here (which I have explained in detail in another article Kaliya Snake). The Rishi cursed Garuda that he will die as soon as he will enter this area. That’s how the fishes, snakes and other aquatic animals lived here in peace.
Once, Saubhari Rishi was meditating under water in Yamuna when he saw the King of fishes copulating with his wives which raised Rishi’s desire to also get married.
He went to meet King Mandhata, as guided by Lord Vishnu. After seeing the Rishi, all hundred daughters of the King expressed their desire to marry him. King Mandhata accepted the desire of his daughters, married them to the Rishi and gave them lots of gifts before departing.
Yogamaya then built hundred different castles here for the Rishi and his wives, where he used to spend time with all his wives simultaneously, using the power earned from austerities.
Once when King Mandhata visited this place Saubhari Rishi preached him to sacrifice lust, greed, material world attachments and ego. Over a period of time, Rishi was blessed with five thousand offsprings, post which he went back for meditation leaving the materialistic pleasures behind.