印度北方邦西南部城市。在亚穆纳河西岸，亚格拉西北65公里。人口14.7万（1981）。铁路与公路交通中心。农产品集散地。工业有罐头、电线、电缆等，还有手工印花布。有天文台、博物馆和植物园。伊斯兰教与佛教圣地。 该城市是是印度教的一座圣城。印度教徒相信马图拉城是广受崇拜的大神黑天的出生地。
在印度，许多已知最早的印度教神像都可以追溯到 Kushan 帝国时期，这些神像是用马图拉的斑点砂岩或 Gandharan 的灰色片岩建造的。
Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from the time of the Kushan empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.
斑驳的红砂岩的选择，这个数字的比例圆形，短鼻子，厚嘴唇，都是典型的工艺马图拉。
The choice of mottled red sandstone, the figure's rounded proportions, short nose and thick lips are all typical of Mathura workmanship.
在马图拉与温达·文纳，人们以极大的热情来庆祝好利节，节日会持续多天。因为克利须那神在这些地方曾度过了他大部分的童年时光。
Holi at Mathura and Vrindavana is celebrated with great gusto for many days, as these were the places where Krishna spent most of his childhood.
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