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Braj celebrates Govardhan Pooja
Govardhan Baba at Radhakund – P.C. Shakti Lee Vrindavan, 2017.10.21 (VT): For lovers of Shri Krishna, one of the most special days of the year is Govardhan Pooja. On the day after Diwali, about five...
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Thousands bathe in Yamuna on Bhai Dooj
Yamuna and Yamraj at Vishram Ghat, Mathura (P.C. Anjana Aggarwal) Vrindavan, 2017.10.21 (VT): Today (kartik shukla dwitiya) is a special celebration for brothers and sisters known as Bhai Dooj or Yama...
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Govinda Lilamrita Raas : The dancing concludes
31 One gopi kneels down while outstretching her lata-like arms, and starts to spin. Aho! She appears like Kamadeva’s whirling golden discus ! Rasa-taraṅginī Tīkā: As Radha and Krishna pause to rest,...
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Jailed brothers receive visits from sisters on Bhaiya Dooj
Vrindavan, 2017.10.22 (VT): On Bhaiya Dooj, men who are incarcerated in Mathura’s local jail were allowed to receive visits from their sisters. On this day, brothers and sisters traditionally meet to...
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Vraja Vilasa 81: Kaliya Hrada
I worship Kaliya’s lake (kāliya-hrada), where Sri Krishna punished Kaliya by dancing on him with the soles of his feet, kicking him for committing an offence to his friends, who are dearer to him than...
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Shahji Mandir and Shah Kundan Lal
Temple entrance Vrindavan, 2017.10.22 (VT): At the end of Loi Bazaar if one takes a turn towards Nidhivan, one finds the grand entrance of Shahji Mandir. The temple’s real name is Lalit Nikunj, but it...
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Today’s Digest: Siblings drown during Yamuna Snan, and more…
Siblings drown during Yamuna snan. Yesterday hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters took bath together in Yamuna to celebrate Bhai Dooj (brother-sister) festival. Among the pilgrims were...
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Spirit of the holy city
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | DYUTI BASU Painter-turned-photographer Swarup Chatterjee captures varied moods of people and places. Reflections A morning with Vanshi Baba Taking photographs of the holy city of...
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Today’s Digest includes: Chath Pooja begins tomorrow, and more…
Chath Pooja begins tomorrow. Tomorrow, thousands of women in Braj will begin a four-day fast and period of intense prayer for the health and longevity of family members. The rituals of Chath Pooja...
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Braj sants to attend religious parliament in Udupi
Worship at Udupi Shri Krishna Mutt Vrindavan, 2017.10.23 (VT): A national-level religious parliament in Udupi, Karnataka, will be attended by a number of sants and mahants from Braj. A preliminiary...
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Chennai company to make diesel from plastic waste in Mathura
Vrindavan, 2017.10.23 (VT): The state government has authorized a Chennai company to set up shop in Mathura, where it will produce diesel fuel from plastic waste. The plant will be located in...
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Govinda Lilamrita Raas : Fatigue at the end of the dance
42 One gopa sundari, a great expert in the tandava dance, placed the orb of her cheek on that of Krishna, on which his makara earrings swing. Krishna, whose eyes destroy the pride of ponds of blooming...
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In the gamble of divine grace, victory is assured
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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Five-kilometer jam on Yamuna Expressway after long weekend
Vrindavan, 2017.10.24 (VT): Devotees heading back to Delhi after the long weekend were faced with a five-kilomenter traffic jam on Sunday. The toll plaza remained nearly impassible from just after...
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Religion drives Yogi Adityanath’s tourism policy
Mainly Hindu religious places find mention in the UP government’s 2018 calendar, with token presence of Muslim, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh monuments Biswajeet Banerjee, National Herald. In a quest to...
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Today’s Digest: Srila Prabhupada’s abhishek, CM Yogi to visit GLA, and more…
Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day festivities. Hundreds of foreign devotees packed into Vrindavan’s ISKCON temple yesterday, for the anniversary of the disappearance day of the organization’s...
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Govinda Lilamrita Raas : Editorial Interlude
In this following portion of the Govinda-līlāmṛta, which is the concluding part of the niśā-līlā and the entire aṣṭayāma-līlā. As one might well expect in a work such as this, in which Radha and...
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Today’s Digest: Yamuna Activism planned for March 18, and more…
Sants express discontent with BJP. At a meeting yesterday, on the banks of the Yamuna, Vrindavan’s prominent sants spoke to a packed audience, saying that they plan to boycott the BJP in the next...
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22 injured in parikrama marg traffic accident
Vrindavan, 2017.10.25 (VT): Twenty-two devotees were injured on Tuesday morning in a traffic accident on the parikrama marg. The accident occurred in front of the Imli Tala temple. The accident seems...
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Shailja Kant Mishra meets foreign nationals living in Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.10.25 (VT): At the instigation of Raseshwari Dasi and H.G. Padmanabh Goswami Prabhupad, a meeting was arranged for Braj Tirth Vikas Parishad VP Shailja Kant Mishra to meet with leaders...
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