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Supreme Court sets up committee on rehabilitation of Vrindavan’s widows
New Delhi, 2017.08.11 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday set up a a six-member committee to ensure proper rehabilitation of Vrindavan’s “hapless widows”, saying they were “dealt with in a manner as if...
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Krishn will be bathed by a 51-kg silver cow on Janmastami
Vrindavan, 2017.08.12 (VT): Janmasthami preparations are well underway at the Shri Krishna Janmasthan temple in Mathura. Temple officials have announced that this year, Shri Krishna will be bathed in...
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Cows giving more milk for Janmashtami
Vrindavan, 2017.08.14 (VT): At Shri Krishna Goshala in Mathura the gaushala administration has reported that the cows are giving more milk in preparation for Janmashtami. Shri Krishna Goshala is the...
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Venu Nad Kala Kendra brings world-class Odissi dance to Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.08.12 (VT): On the evening of August 10th, Venu Naad Kalaa Kendra presented its 22nd annual dance festival at the Swami Vivekananda Auditorium at Ramkrishna Mission Sevashram. The...
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How Shri Krishna celebrates his birthday in Eternal Vrindavan – from Siddha...
Vrindavan, 2017.08.14 (VT): Siddha Krishna Das Baba of Govardhan was one of the four famous siddha babas of 19th century Braj. He spent most of his life by the banks of the Manasi Ganga, at...
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Vrindavan celebrates the birthday of Yashoda’s darling son
Janmastami celebration at Shri Radha Venu Gopal temple (P.C. Haridas Sharan) Vrindavan, 2017.08.16 (VT): Devotees throughout Braj rejoiced on Tuesday as they celebrated the birth of Yashoda’s darling...
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The Yoghurt Fight: Part 2 of Shri Krishna’s Birthday Celebrations from Siddha...
Vrindavan, 2017.08.16 (VT): In Braj, devotees traditionally play-fight with diluted yoghurt on Nandotsav (the day after Shri Krishna’s birthday). In the Gutika, Siddha Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj...
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3.4 million pilgrims visit Krishna Janmabhumi for Janmashtami
Vrindavan, 2017.08.17 (VT): Mathura’s Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) has reported that approximately 3.4 million devotees visited the Shri Krishna Janmasthan temple for Janmashtmi. The count includes...
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ATM Guard Brutally Murdered in Vrindavan
The Suspect (CCTV Camera Footage) P.C. Hindustan Samwad Vrindavan, 2017.08.18 (VT): In a shocking incident, an ATM guard was murdered in the wee hours of Thursday morning in Vrindavan. The guard was...
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North India Taekwondo Competition held in Mathura
Vrindavan, 2017.08.18 (VT): The eighth annual North India Taekwondo Competition is being held in Mathura this week. The two-day contest will feature players from across North India, aged five to adult....
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For dancer Uma Sharma, kathak is all about Lord Krishna
New Delhi, 2017.08.16 (Somrita Ghosh, IANS): If dance is about inspiration, then for renowned Kathak dancer Uma Sharma it has always been Lord Krishna who continues to motivate her. For the past 30...
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The Path of Love or the Path of Fear?
Vrindavan, 2017.08.19 (VT): The following article by Vaisnavacharya Chandan Goswami of the Shri Radharaman Temple was originally published in 2013. It has been re-published here with permission. You...
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Experts, scholars discuss native Indian cows and the economy at Mathura...
Vrindavan, 2017.08.21 (VT): Farmers, scholars and cattle experts gathered on Saturday for a conference on native Indian cows (Desi Gai) and the economy. The six-hour conference took place at the Pandit...
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50-year-old Barsana man learns to read for the first time
Vrindavan, 2017.08.21 (VT; Dev Sharma, DJ): Fifty-year-old Ganga Bhagat Jadaun is entering the first grade this year. A resident of a small village called Karhala near Barsana, Jadaun was never able to...
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Mathura’s “Prerna” breaks second world record
Vrindavan, 2017.08.21 (VT): Mathura’s “Memory Girl” Prerna Sharma has broken her second world record this week. The nineteen-year-old earned her first entry in the Guinness Book of World Records this...
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A moment’s association with a sadhu can bring all perfections
The conclusion of all the scriptures is that by only a moment’s association with a sadhu, one can attain all spiritual perfections. (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.22.54) sadhu-sanga sadhu-sanga...
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High-level RSS meeting to be held in Vrindavan from August 31st
Vrindavan, 2017.08.23 (VT): Following a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and the heads of BJP-led areas, Vrindavan has been selected for a high-level meeting of the...
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NGT Team to Inspect Govardhan in September
Govardhan, 2017.08.23 (VT): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will send a team to Govardhan the first week of September to inspect ongoing development work. In a hearing on Monday the NGT encouraged...
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A Muslim man receives Radharani’s mercy: the story of Gulab Sakhi
Vrindavan, 2017.08.23 (VT): Radhashtami is on August 29th this year. The following is the miraculous story of Gulab Sakhi, a Muslim Brajwasi of Barsana, and how he attained the grace of Shri Radharani....
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Vrindavan, (almost) twenty years later
I have been back in Australia after a short ten days in Vrindavan. I was reflecting on my experience when I went to the Vrindavan Today website and found Jack Hawley’s piece ‘John Stratton Hawley ::...
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