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Srila Prabhupada, Globalization and the Three Vrindavans (Part III)
In the previous two posts (Part I and Part II), I have been trying to discuss the relationship of the foreign Vaishnava community to present-day Vrindavan looking through the lens of globalization and...
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Today’s digest: Cows starving in temple Goshala; Bhagwat Shobhayatra, and more…
Cows starving in temple Goshala. Radha Mohan Goshala in Chaumanha village, Mathura, has been accused of starving its cows. A few years ago, goshala owners received Rs 53 lakh compensation when some of...
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Vrindavan Land Mafia expanding to Delhi, Gurgaon
Vrindavan, 2017.11.06 (VT): A land-mafia gang based in Vrindavan has reportedly expanded their property-grabbing efforts to Delhi. On Friday, a Gurgaon businessman and politician lodged an FIR against...
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Braj kids treated to World Record khichdi
Vrindavan, 2017.11.06 (VT): On Saturday a record-breaking vat of khichdi was cooked at the World India Fair in Delhi. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor supervised the making of the 918kg meal, which took the Guiness...
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Today’s Digest: Time is running out for Sudevi and her 1200 cows.
Time is running out for Sudevi and her 1200 cows. Friederike Irina Bruning, who is known locally by her spiritual name, Sudevi, is being forced to leave India after 38 years of running Radha Surabhi...
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Bihariji is fed by Gwariya Baba while sitting on his lap
Vrindavan is abound with tales of Lord Krishna descending into physical form to help out his beloved devotees. One of the most famous ones is as follows: Gwariya Baba, a former resident of Vrindavan,...
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Why Brijwasis love Shani Dev.
This is the story of Shani Dev temple in Kokilavan, Kosikalan: As mentioned in Garga Samhita, When Lord Krishna appeared, all the demigods visited Nanda Maharaj’s house in Gokul. Lord Shani dev was one...
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Today’s Digest: Village riots; Sonu Nigam visits, and more…
Iron gates to stop cars entering Goverdhan Parikrama. On Monday, on the orders of the District Magistrate, Arvind Malappa Bangari, the entry of four wheeler vehicles to Parikrama Marg was restricted....
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Proving that the Disabled are actually Diff-abled.
During program at Vatsalyagram, Dance India Dance winner, Kamlesh Patel, impressed audiences by dancing on his hands. He also stood on one hand, while spinning a plate with the other hand. Not only...
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Sri Pran Krishna Das Baba, beggar of Hari Katha
Shri Pran Krishna Das Babaji’s Samadhi at Kaliyadaha Vrindavan, 2017.11.09 (VT): Today is the disappearance day of Sri Pran Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj. Pran Krishna Das Babaji hailed from a small...
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Today’s Digest: Nine SC candidates in the running for mayor, 1 candidate...
Nine SC candidates in the running for mayor, 1 candidate rejected. Nominations have been registered for the mayor post for the upcoming local elections, which will be held in three phases; on 22nd,...
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Dheer Sameer Kunj: Shyam Ray Temple and the Samadhi of Gauridas Pandit
Vrindavan, 2017.11.10 (VT): As we walk from Gopinath Bazar towards Gopeshwar Mahadev, we pass through the area of Vrindavan known as Dheer Sameer. Sameer means the breeze and dheer means soft and slow....
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Today’s Digest: No BJP candidate in Pandit Deendayal’s birthplace.
No BJP candidate in Pandit Deendayal’s birthplace. Farah Nagar Panchayat will have no BJP candidate due to the reservation of the position of Mayor for persons of scheduled caste. Before the nomination...
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11k Students Form Human Chain to Raise Awareness Against Plastic
Shailjakant Mishra speaks at the demonstration (P.C. Dainik Jagran) Vrindavan, 2017.11.11 (VT): Eleven thousand students of Vrindavan formed a human chain on Friday to raise awareness against plastic...
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Prem Mandir helps 9k widows, sadhus prepare for winter
P.C. JKP Vrindavan, 2017.11.11 (VT): At Vrindavan’s Prem Mandir, basic necessities were distributed to 9,000 sadhus, sadhvis, and widows. Organized by the Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), the...
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Fight between two devotees ruins Chhappan Bhog ceremony
Vrindavan, 2017.11.11 (VT): At the Radha Rani Temple in Barsana, an altercation between two devotees brought Shri Ladli-Lal’s chhappan bhog ceremony to an abrupt end. Eyewitnesses say that while the...
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Australian devotee killed in traffic accident
Braja Vallabhi Dasi Vrindavan, 2017.11.12 (VT): Yesterday an Australian devotee named Braja Vallabhi dasi, aka. Shruti Sheth, left her body in a tragic traffic accident. She was only 23 years old. The...
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Shri Vrindavan Parikrama: Imli Tala
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s sitting place at Imli Tala Vrindavan, 2017.11.13 (VT): Today devotees perform parikrama by walking along the Yamuna’s old riverbed. But in the old days when the Yamuna still...
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The night Bihariji got hungry
Vrindavan is abound with tales of Lord Krishna descending into physical form to give darshan to his most beloved devotees. One such incident is as follows: Before this incident happened, the tradition...
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Baby thief caught red handed
A woman almost lost her baby forever after leaving her for a few minutes to go to the bathroom. In the few minutes that she left the newborn, a thief snatched her baby and walked out of the hospital....
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