Kankroli Temple

Kankroli is the small town located at the distance of 65 kilometres from the city of Udaipur. Kankroli is mainly known for its temple. It is sited on the banks of the renowned Rajsamand Lake. The temple Kankroli is popularly called as the temple of Dwarikadhish is one of the names of Lord Krishna. This temple is most significant temple of the Vaishnavas and Vallabhacharya sect. The chief deity of the Kankroli temple is believed to have imported from the Mathura, the hometown of Lord Krishna.

The idol of Lord Dwarikadhish was brought in 1671 AD, during the rule of Maharana Raj Singh. The idol was placed in the present temple, which was constructed at the time of the inaugural ceremony of the Rajsamand Lake in 1676 A.D. Shri Bal Krishna Ji the grandson of the Vallabhacharya, took the initiative to care for the deity. Since then, the Kankroli Temple is the third peeth or the religious temple of Vaishnav religion as the Pustimarg or the way to completion.
The temple has very quiet and soothing ambience. It really carries away all the tensions at once and bestows a heavenly bliss. Kankroli temple is the biggest temple of the Lord Dwarikadhish in Kankroli.