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Karhala Village, Origin of the Raas Lila Tradition
Radha Kund, 2017.01.05 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): The village of Karhala is the the home town of Champaklata Sakhi, one of Shri Radharani’s eight close female friends (ashtasakhis). It is near Barsana,...
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No relief on Environment Compensation from Supreme Court
2017.01.30 (VT): Vrindavan Municipality didn’t get any relief from the Supreme Court on the Environment Compensation imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal. The Apex Court has instead asked the...
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Krishna’s Peacock, Tandavika
We eagerly yearn to see Tāṇḍavika (ताण्डविक), the king of peacocks, remembering how he blossomed in joy whilst hearing Krishna’s flutesong, and how he delighted the Divine Couple by spreading out his...
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A View from the Raaslila Stage with Shri Sitaram Bharadwaj
Radha Kund, 2017.02.06 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Last week Shri Sitram Bharadwaj kindly shared with me about his experiences as part of the Pushtimargiya Shri Krishnalila Sansthan in Vrindavan. I am not...
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Narayandas’ Mistake and Viram’s Inner Mood
This is the continuing serialization of 252 Vaishnavan ki varta, the lives of the saints following Vitthalnath, son of Vallabhacharya. It has been translated from the original Braj Bhasha by Krishnaa...
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98% increase in deaths on Yamuna expressway
Vrindavan, 2017.02.07 (Purusharth Aradhak for The Hindu): Uttar Pradesh roads claim among the maximum number of lives in India with Noida and Ghaziabad being major contributors to the figures....
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Vraja Vilasa: May Govardhan Hill Protect You
Govardhan Hill was lovingly held upon the graceful hand of Sri Krishna who eagerly protected Gokul for seven days, and who was thus given the honour of worship by the Lord, whose caves are coloured by...
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Braj development prime focus of Congress, BJP aspirants in Mathura
Mathura, Feb 8 (PTI): The BJP’s National Secretary and its media face Shrikant Sharma is wooing voters here promising “uplift” of the Braj area, among other things, to unseat Congress’s Pradeep Mathur,...
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Ganga, Yamuna reduced to drains but no party cares
2017.02.10 (Joydeep Gupta) Electricity, roads and water have been the holy trinity of Indian poll promises for decades, but water comes such a distant third that it is not even an important issue as...
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Radha Damodar’s appearance day celebrated
Kanika Prasad Goswami performing abhisek Vrindavan, 2017.02.06: Thakur Shri Radha Damodar’s appearance day was celebrated on Monday at Radha Damodar Mandir. A Special abhishek was performed by the ‘...
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A Vaishnav should never be so cruel
This is the continuing serialization of 252 Vaishnavan ki varta, the lives of the saints following Vitthalnath, son of Vallabhacharya. It has been translated from the original Braj Bhasha by Krishnaa...
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Shri Shriji Maharaj never wore shoes in Vrindavan
Acharya Naresh Narayan offering final shraddhanjali to Shriji Maharaj’s ashes in Vrindavan on Jan. 18, 2017. Vrindavan, 2017.02.09 (Acharya Naresh Narayan for VT): With the departure from this world of...
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Hundreds of devotees take holy dip in Yamuna on Maghi Purnima
Vrindavan 2017.02.11 (VT): The month of Maagh ended yesterday with hundreds of devotee couples taking a holy dip in the Yamuna. Even before the sun rose yesterday, Prayag Ghat in Mathura witnessed...
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Nitaier karuna hobe… Braje Radha Krishna pabe!!
Vrindavan, 2017.02.09 (with input from Jagannath Poddar, VT): For one day every year, on the 13th day of the waxing moon in Magh, the center of attention for the Gaudiya Vaishnavas in Vrindavan is...
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Last opportunity granted to submit the ‘status report’ : NGT
Vrindavan / New Delhi, 2017.02.13 (VT): Vrindavan’s garbage issue is set to be resolved with the courts’ intervention. The case is pending before the National Green Tribunal as well as the Supreme...
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Vraja Vilasa: I take shelter of the Sangam
I take shelter of the saṅgam, the place where Radhakuṇḍ and Śyāmakuṇḍ meet. It is Shri Radha-Mādhav’s dearmost playground, which is charmingly surrounded by kadamb trees, champak vines, excellent aśoka...
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Unbridled construction erodes Vrindavan’s ecology
2017.02.15, Vrindavan (IANS): Once famous for its 12 dense forests and hundreds of water bodies, Vrindavan, the “leela-bhoomi”, sacred land, of Sri Krishna and his consort Radha, Hinduism’s popular...
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Activists rejoice as new law bans any construction on floodplains
Vrindavan, 2017.02.15 (VT): Environmental activists of Braj are rejoicing over a new law against any construction on flood plains of the Ganga and its tributaries. The notification issued by the Union...
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Grand centennial ceremony of Jaipur Mandir to be held in this year
Vrindavan, 2017.02.14 (VT): Shri Rajkumar Rinwa, the Minister for the department of Devasthan, Government of Rajasthan visited Vrindavan on Tuesday. He visited the Radha Kant Mandir, situated on the...
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Avirbhav Mahotsava of Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati celebrated
Vrindavan, 2017.02. 15 (VT): Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur’s appearance day was celebrated in on Wednesday in Vrindavan. The Gaudiya Vaishnavas assembled at Shri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math to celebrate...
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