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Revealing Braja’s true form through faith and service
Prabodhananda Saraswati is the ācārya for Braja-vāsa-sādhana, i.e., the devotional practice of living in the Dham. Sometimes people find it difficult to understand his niṣṭhā and his vision of the...
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Shri Hariram Vyas – Traditional Kirtan
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At Mathura rally, Yogi Adityanath says he wants to work like Modi
Farah/Mathura, 2017.09.20 (Anuja Jaiswall, TNN): A day after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed that demonetization and hasty implementation of GST was adversely impacting the country’s GDP...
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Yogi govt to spend Rs 100 crore for Banke Bihari and Kund renovation
Vrindavan, 2017.09.21 (Aman Sharma, Economic Times with other sources) : The Yogi Adityanath government is loosening its purse strings to spend nearly Rs 100 crore to renovate the Banke Bihari temple...
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Monkey steals SSP’s glasses during Yogi visit
Vrindavan, 2017.09.21 (VT): Monkeys stole the glasses of Mathura’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) on Tuesday. The SSP was outside the Banke Bihari Temple overseeing security arrangements for...
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Blind Muslim Girls Recite Bhagavad Gita at Vrindavan Red Cross Camp
Vrindavan, 2017.09.21 (VT): The Haryana Red Cross held a training camp in Vrindavan from 15th to 20th September to train 300 girls in first aid, disaster relief and assisting disabled persons. The...
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Banke Bihari and the Tonga-wallah
Story by K.C. Gupta from Gajiyabad. Published in Banke Bihariji ke chamatkar (“Miraculous stories about Banke Bihariji), ed. Acharya Vilas Chandra Goswami. We had decided that we would make our annual...
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Massive Chhapan Bhog for Govardhan Maharaj on Sharad Purnima
Govardhan, 201709.21 (VT): Under the auspices of Shri Giriraj Seva Trust an amazing offering of chappan bhog will be arranged for Shri Govardhan Maharaj in honor of Sharad Purnima on October 2nd. The...
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Dr. Lakshmi Gautam helps sadhvi escape an endless cycle of abuse
Vrindavan, 2017.09.22 (VT): After 17 years of living in fear, a Sadhvi has filed a sexual abuse case against the management of a Vamshivat goshala. Now, with the help of Dr. Lakshmi Gautam, founder of...
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Temples of Chhipi Gali (Part 2) – Radharaman and Ajab Manohar
This is a continuing series on the less-frequented temples of Vrindavan. Read Temples of Chhipi Gali (Part 1) here. Vrindavan, 2017.09.23 (VT): Near the mid-point of Chhipi Gali we found an attractive...
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Vrindavan celebrates Navaratri
Vrindavan, 2017.09.23 (VT): Navaratri means ‘nine nights spent worshipping shakti’, the female principle of divine energy. The Navaratri festival takes place twice per year and is currently underway....
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Bihariji and his jewel
Story by Vijay Kumar Sharma. Published in Banke Bihariji ke chamatkar (“Miraculous stories about Banke Bihariji), Vol II, ed. Acharya Vilas Chandra Goswami. This is a story from about 100 years ago. In...
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Vraja Vilasa 77: Krishna Vedi where the Dana-lila takes place
ghaṭṭa-krīḍā-kutukita manā nāgarendro navīno dānī bhūtvā madana-nṛpater gavya-dāna-cchalena yatra prātaḥ sakhibhir abhito veṣṭitaḥ saṁrurodha śrī-gāndharvāṁ nija-gaṇa-vṛtāṁ naumi tāṁ kṛṣṇa-vedīm I...
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Lakshmirani Kunj attacked, burned in apparent property dispute
Vrindavan, 2017.09.25 (VT): Lakshmirani Kunj, part of Vrindavan’s historic Keshi Ghat, was attacked earlier this week. The current owner of the property Ms. Chandi Duke Heffner was out of the country...
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Siddha Krishna Das Babaji’s Disappearance Day
Vrindavan, 2017.09.25 (VT): Yesterday was the disappearance day of Siddha Krishna Das Babaji of Govardhan. Krishna Das was from a wealthy family in Orissa. When his father died, his mother committed...
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Vrindavan News Digest for September 25, 2017
Vrindavan, 2017.09.25 (VT): There are a number of things going on in the news today which deserve mentioning, though it is not possible to cover all of them in depth. Here is today’s news digest: –...
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Chain Bihari, Queen Ahilyabai Holkar and the magic ashes
Vrindavan, 2017.09.26 (Vishakha Dasi): There is a gigantic, mysterious gate just across from Jai Singh Ghera. Many times I wondered what was inside, but the gate is angled in such a way that you can’t...
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Vrindavan News Digest for September 26, 2017
–Bulldozer drivers refuse to demolish temples. As the demolition campaign clearing the illegal properties on the Yamuna floodplain continues, temples are being demolished along with houses. In the...
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California man opens Vrindawood recording studio in Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.09.26 (VT): A young man from California named Devin Lawrence has made it his mission to bring Hollywood-quality sound recording to Vrindavan. His new studio – “Vrindawood” – promises to...
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“I came to decorate Vrindavan, not to exploit it”: Vineet Narain
Vrindavan, 2017.09.27 (VT): Shri Vineet Narain has spent years of his life as a journalist on a crusade against corruption. But now, he has turned his full attention to restoring the ancient sites of...
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