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Śrī Guru Darśanam – New Question-and Answer Book with Śrī Haridāsa Śāstrī...
Vrindavan, 2015.10.17 (VT): When an authentic, qualified guru and a sincere student meet, knowledge is transferred from guru to the student. This was the traditional paramparā system of education in...
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Adyāpi: Even Today
Vrindavan, 2015.10.20 (VT) Free-Verse Poem and Notes referencing Caityanya Caritamrta Madhya 18, Recalling Mahaprabhu’s entree into Vrindavan five-hundred years ago, by Drs. Radhika Devi. …...
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Traditional Hindu rituals making comeback in Braj
Mathura, 2015.10.22 (Brij Khandelwal) IANS, BS): Rituals and traditions once going out of fashion are back in favour in Braj Mandal, the ‘Leela Bhoomi’ of Sri Sri Radha Krishna. Each year, the...
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Mathura families make Ravanas for Jaipur for generations
Jaipur, 2015.10.22 (TNN, Ashish Mehta): Seventy-year-old Mohammed Hanif was seen giving final touches to an effigy of Ravana at Adarsh Nagar Ramlila ground in the city on Wednesday afternoon. A knife...
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Sri Chaitanya comes to Vrindavan (Part I)
hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti mukhyān mahāścarya-nāmāvalī-siddha-mantrān | kṛpā-mūrti-caitanya-devopagītān kadābhyasya vṛndāvane syāṁ kṛtārthaḥ || When will I be fulfilled in Vrindavan by practising the...
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First Glance
A first glance of Vrindavan upon our arrival in this transcendental abode yesterday. Vrndavana is wonderful. The two sweet fair and dark splendors named Radha and Krsna are wonderful. Pure love for...
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Auspicious month of Kartik Niyam Seva begins in Vraja
Vrindavan, October 26, 2015: In Vrindavan, the forty-day-long Kartik Niyam Seva begins from Shukla Ekadashi, which this year fell on 24th October. Some devotees begin their vow a couple of days later...
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Vrindavan deities in Jaipur
Jaipur, 2015.10.26 (Shoba Narayan, Mintonsunday). The year: AD 1669. King Mirza Rajah Jai Singh, who was at the Mughal court, sends a messenger to the temple priests at Vrindavan with some chilling...
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Glorious Humanist of Krishna’s Abode
Vrindavan, 2015.11.01 (Padmashri Geeta Chandran, Indian Express) It was about twenty years ago that I began visiting Vrindavan often to have a dialogue with Shrivatsa Goswami at the Caitanya Prema...
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Prakash Mahotsav: Light and sound at Kusum Sarovar on 17th
Govardhan, 2015.11.07 (VT): The 500th anniversary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s arrival in Vrindavan will see numerous celebrations conducted by several groups of devotees following in his tradition. One...
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Hema wants to create a dance academy in Mathura
Mathura, 2015.11.11 (PTI): Noted actress-politician Hema Malini has expressed her desire to open dance academies in Mumbai and Mathura. “I have an aim to open a dance academy here in Mumbai by the end...
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500th celebrations from Amiya Nimai temple
Vrindavan, 2015.11.13 (VT): Of the many celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Shri Chaitanya’s Mahaprabhu’s advent in Brij-Vrindavan, the one being organized by the Amiya Nimai temple in Gopinath...
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Preparations at Kusum Sarovar in full swing
Govardhan, 2015.11.14 (AU, DJ, AU) Arrangements at Kusum Sarovar by Giriraj Govardhana are underway on a war footing as preparations for the coming of the Chief Minister and other VIPs will be coming...
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Holy men, activists to march to Delhi for Yamuna
Mathura, 2015.11.15 (Brij Khandelwal, TNN): Thousands of ascetics, spiritual leaders and ecological activists of Braj area have announced their decision to march to Delhi once again to pressure the...
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Vrindavan festival to bring together various cultures
Mathura 2015.11.17 (PTI): A week-long festival seeking to unite different cultures and create an environment of peace and harmony will be held here from November 18 to commemorate the 500th anniversary...
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International conference on ‘Radical Islam’ in Mathura
Mathura, 2015.11.17 (TOI): Scholars and delegates from India, Canada, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and other countries will deliberate on world security and radical Islam at a three-day International...
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Devotees immersed in Prem rasa as celebrations begin
Vrindavan, November 17th 2015 (VT): Celebrations to commemorate Shriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s 5th centennial advent to Vrindavan began amid the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on Tuesday....
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President in Vrindavan today
Vrindavan, 2015.11.18 (PTI): President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the 500th year celebrations of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s advent in Vrindavan tomorrow. He will also visit the Shri Radha Raman...
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Fourth major program celebrating Chaitanya’s coming to Braj
Vrindavan, 2015.11.17 (VT): We have already published information on three other programs that are being held to rejoice at Vrindavan’s rediscovery by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in 1515. A fourth event is...
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Chaitanya Mahotsava inaugurated by President Mukherjee
Vrindavan, 2015.11.18 (VT): The 500th anniversary celebration of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s advent in Brij-Vrindavan got off to an auspicious start yesterday with many prominent government figures coming...
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