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Vrindavan News Digest for September 27, 2017
Justice being served in Barsana rape case. A sadhvi who was gang raped inside the Radha Rani Temple at Barsana now has the satisfaction of knowing that both the culprits are in police custody....
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News Digest 2017.09.28 Buddha Statue destroyed; Recognition for Braj; student...
Anger flares up after Buddhist statue vandalized. Azad Nagar, Mathura, vigilantes destroyed the Buddhist statue Budh Nagar Park, breaking it into small pieces. When residents came out for their early...
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Vrindavan film “Reconnection” free to view online, thanks to sucessful...
Vrindavan, 2017.09.28 (VT): “Reconnection”, an award-winning film about Vrindavan, is now available for free online viewing, thanks to a sucessful crowdfunding campaign by its producers. The film is a...
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Tulsi making a comeback thanks to Bengali artisans
Vrindavan, 2017.09.29 (VT): Not so long ago, Vrindavan was filled with groves of tulsi – a sacred plant known as the favorite of Shri Krishna. In fact, the name of the town itself means the Tulsi...
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Friday digest: Bihariji to open longer; Girriraj’s 5-ton feast; Braj’s crop...
Bihariji temple will open later for devotees. The goswamis at Banke Bihari temple have decided to do aarati one hour later on Sharad Purnima, so that the millions of pilgrims and guests coming to see...
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The Divine Mother in Shri Krishna’s Land
Vrindavan, 2017.09.29 (VT): Radha and Krishna are at the center of worship in Vrindavan, yet Devi, the Divine Mother, also plays a very important role in Braj lila. Devi as Krishna’s Sister The Durga...
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Anandi Bai and her Son, Anand Vallabh
Vrindavan, 2017.09.30 (VT): Near the Shri Radhavallabh temple, within the enclosure of Radhavallabh Ghera, you will find the temple of Anand-Vallabh. Anand-Vallabh is the beloved deity of a female...
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Vraja Vilasa 78 :: Dana-nirvartana Kund
May I reside at Dana Nirvartana Kund, the solitary place where Radha and Mādhava completed their dāna-līlā, for which it was given this name by them and their friends. By residing in this place, which...
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Haridas Das :: Servant of Gaudiya Vaishnava literature
Today is the disappearance tithi of Haridas Das Babaji (1898-1957). As you will be able to read in the short biography that follows, he spent most of his time in Nabadwip, or traveling the length and...
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Saturday’s DIGEST: Ravan temple for Mathura; Akrura Yatra; Gaudiya Babaji...
Ravan temple planned for Mathura. Yesterday, at the Pallipar Shiva temple, on the banks of the Yamuna, devotees held Ravan pooja and plans to build a Ravan temple in Mathura were announced. The...
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Celebrating the Holy Month of Kartik
Vrindavan, 2017.10.01 (VT): The holy month of Kartik is a special time of year when devotees come from all around India and the world to perform spiritual practices in Vrindavan. “Although Vrindavan is...
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TODAY’s DIGEST: Mountain of Food; Vrindavan’s ancient Ghats and more…
P.C Uttarpradesh.org Mountain of Food. The three day Annukut day festival at Goverdhan has begun. Annukut literally means ‘mountain of food’ and is also known as Goverdhan Pooja. In traditional...
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Vrindavan Today: Yesterday and Tomorrow
Some small changes are taking place at Vrindavan Today and this is making me reflect a bit about where VT is going. This site has been going for 8 1/2 years, which is more than I ever expected would...
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Today’s Digest: Thakurji’s elephant, Arms rally, Upcoming Events, and more…
Radharamanji rides on a silver Elephant. Once in the entire year Radha Raman ji comes off his throne and sits on a huge silver elephant. The festival of Dusshera, the day before Kartik begins, was this...
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Relocated monkeys return to Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.10.03 (VT): The problem of the monkeys in Vrindavan is becoming increasingly serious. About a dozen people have been killed and hundreds more injured by monkeys in the last few years...
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TODAY’s Digest: Smuggled cows rescued; Sanatan Dharma conference, and more…
Sanatana Dharma Conference. The Ram Rajya Parishad is holding a two-day conference to discuss how Sanatan Dharma can positively impact governance. Swami Nishchalanand Maharaj said, today India’s...
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Fungus and worms found in snacks at railway restaurant at Mathura junction
Agra, 2017.10.03 (Arvind Chauhan, TNN): Even after the CAG rapped the railway for bad quality of food citing it ‘unfit for human consumption’ in its audit report tabled to a parliamentary committee in...
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“Go on grasping the grace”: wisdom of Shri Radha Baba
Radha Baba (1913-1992) was a devotee of Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krishna who lived in Gorakhpur. Born in a Vaishnav Brahmin family in Gaya, he became an Advaitin sannyasi, but later took the path of Braj...
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Vrindavan billboards, Karttik events
I noticed some interesting billboards while out and about the other day. Although the month of Karttik means hundreds and hundreds of events, most of these are not given any special publicity. Although...
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Gurukul girls march towards a cleaner and healthier Braj
Vrindavan, 2017.10.04 (VT): The students of Bhaktivedanta Vaishnavi Gurukul (BVG) in Nandgaon participated in the nationwide celebration of Gandhi Jayanti. In solidarity with the Clean India Campaign...
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