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The Yogi effect: Crackdown on illegal slaughter house and meat shops in Vraja
Mathura/Vrindavan, 2017.03.22 (VT): An illegal slaughterhouse and twenty-eight odd meat shops were closed down in Mathura on Wednesday. The crackdown was launched after a high-level meeting chaired by...
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Mathura to get 24-hour power supply, along with four other holy cities: UP...
Mathura, 2017.03.25 (PTI): Four holy cities of the Hindus – Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi and Gorakhpur – are set to enjoy a 24 X 7 power supply in the regime of the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister,...
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The Bengali Brahmin and why Srinathji was still hungry
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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Environmentalist seeks FIR for ‘attempt to murder’ Yamuna river, now a living...
Agra, 2017.03.27 (Hemendra Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times) Motivated by Uttarakhand high court orders declaring rivers Ganga and Yamuna living entities, an environmentalist in Agra has asked the Agra...
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Mass Cheating in Mathura: UP Board English Exams Cancelled at Two Centers
Mathura, 2017.03.29 (PTI): The UP board’s Class 10 English examination has been cancelled at two centres in Mathura district due to “mass cheating”, a senior official said. District Inspector of...
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Vraja Vilasa: May Unmatta Radha-sthali (Umrao) shower me with happiness
Here Sri Radhika was jubilantly showered as the Queen of Vrindavan by Sri Paurṇamāsī, who had heard Lord Brahmā’s order in the sky, with the waters of sacred rivers like Mānasa Gaṅgā and with the...
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Let’s try the “no entry” rule on weekends again, shall we?
Vrindavan, 2017.04.01 (VT): The print edition of Amar Ujala on March 31 reported that the Vrindavan traffic police are reconsidering the frequently raised proposal of keeping vehicles from outside the...
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Ignorance, indifference and hypocrisy are the Yamuna’s three enemies
Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami Vrindavan, 31st March 2017 (VT): A conference was organized on the eve of Yamuna Chhath, the appearance day of Yamuna Devi. Several eminent scholars and activists participated...
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DM inspection tour : Banke Bihari’s city is number one for dirt
Vrindavan, 2017.04.02 (AU, DJ): On Saturday, the Mathura District Magistrate Nitin Bansal sent all associate DMs (ADM, SDM) to conduct a surprise inspection of the major towns and municipal bodies of...
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Ignorant Twitter remark about Krishna as an “Eve-teaser” creates reaction
N.Delhi, 2017.04.02 (VT): Lawyer and politician Prashant Bhushan‘s comments on Twitter making fun of new UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s anti-Romeo squads, comparing Lord Krishna to an “Eve teaser,” did not...
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The Vrindavan Roots of Gurgaon’s “Sheetla Mata”
Radha Kund, 2017.03.04 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Last week we made a trip to the famous Sheetla Mata mandir in Gurgaon. The goddess is the kuldevi (family goddess) of the Radharaman Temple’s Goswamis,...
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‘Ganga Swachhtaa Pakhwada’ concluded in Vrindavan – Mathura
Vrindavan, 2017.03.31 (VT): A four day long ‘Ganga Swachhtaa Pakhwada’ was celebrated from 28th March to 31st March, 2017 jointly by the Centre for Environment Education and ‘Friends of Vrindavan’. The...
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Bhushan’s effigy burnt for offensive tweet on Lord Krishna
Vrindavan, 2017.04.03 (PTI, AU, DJ) Numerous protests were held throughout Braj yesterday after lawyer-politician Prashant Bhushan’s comments comparing Krishna to a sexual molester or Eve-teaser....
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“Yogi” kurta coming in style with Hindu youth in UP
Mathura, 2017.04.03 (Hindustan Times) After the Modi kurta, now the Yogi kurta is all the rage. Following the BJP’s emphatic victory in the UP state elections last month, new CM Yogi Adityanath has...
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Doctor On Emergency Duty Found Absent For One Hour During Surprise Check In...
Mathura, 2017.04.03 (PTI): District authorities in Mathura on Monday issued a show cause notice to a government doctor for allegedly skipping duty without permission, officials said. The action was...
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Was Surdas really blind? What did he look like? John Stratton Hawley Speaks...
Vrindavan, 2017.04.04 (VT): On March 24th, professor John Stratton Hawley from Columbia University spoke at the JIVA Institute in Vrindavan. He is one of the foremost scholars on Hinduism in the USA,...
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John Stratton Hawley :: Vrindavan, 40 years later
American religious studies professor and world-renowned scholar of Braj Bhasha poet Surdas (link to article on Surdas) John Stratton Hawley first visited Vrindavan in 1974 to do research for his...
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Two crore donation for Banke Bihari
Vrindavan, 2017.04.04 (VT): Everyone’s beloved Banke Bihariji! His devotees would do anything for him. Even with the cash shortage after demonitization, donations continue to rain down at Banke Bihari...
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Hari Baba’s Setu-bandha was completed on Ram Naumi, 1922
One of my favorite Vrindavan sadhus was Svatah Prakash Swami, popularly known as Hari Baba. We have written about him previously, particularly in relation to the spreading of the Holy Names and...
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In “dry” Vrindavan, liquor on demand
Vrindavan, 2017.04.06 (VT with input from Amar Ujala, India Today) In the holy city, the liquor business is thriving. Legally, Vrindavan is a dry area. But in spite of the law, the booze is coming in....
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