The young Lord Krishna is said to have lifted the Giriraj hill at Govardhan and held it up on the tip of a finger, to protect the people from a deluge of rain sent down by Lord Indra.

Worth seeing here are the 400-year-old, sandstone Temple of Haridev and the Chhatri or cenotaph of Raja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur with its interiors embellished with paintings of court and hunting scenes.