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Digest: European birds come to Narad Kund for the winter
European birds come to Narad Kund for the winter. Birds from Siberia, Russia and European countries will start arriving in Narad Kund from the first week of December. A forest officer said that species...
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VRI Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
Vrindavan, 2017.11.22 (VT): The Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI) is celebrating is fiftieth year of preserving Braj Culture. The festival begins tomorrow and will last for several days. On November...
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Mathura STPs step up under NGT, High Court pressure
Vrindavan, 2017.11.22 (VT): Under immense pressure from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Allahabad High Court, officials are turning their attention towards Mathura’s sewage treatment plants....
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Trees cut down, but, 4 years later, no ropeway in Barsana
The ropeway that will make for easier access to Barsana’s Radha Rani temple has been on hold for the last 2 years, despite having approval. It has been 4 years since the approval process began, but,...
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Digest: Banke Bihari’s festivities from 5am tomorrow.
Banke Bihari’s festivities from 5am tomorrow. The celebrations for Bihariji’s appearance day, will begin tomorrow, 23rd November, 5am at Nidhivan, the place where Bihariji appeared. Abhishek will be...
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Where Shri Krishna gifted his footprint to Radha Dasi – Jharu Mandal
Samadhi of Siddha Balram Das Babaji Maharaj at Jharu Mandal Vrindavan, 2017.11.22 (VT): Next on our parikrama we visit Jharu Mandal. For lovers of Shri Radha and Krishna, it the greatest honor to sweep...
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Bihariji’s music, perfume and appearance lila
This is a first-person account of the incident, which has been handed down through the line of Bihariji’s Goswamis: My name is Vijnani Khatri. My family owns a flourishing perfume business in Amritsar....
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Digest: Gurus weigh into the monkey debate.
Gurus weigh into the monkey debate. As monkeys continue their daily routine of taking objects and waiting for a bribe to get them back, stealing from shops and stealing food from people’s hands –...
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“Radharani took him by the hand, and then…” The Story of Vitthal Vipul Dev
Shri Vitthal Vipul Dev ju Vrindavan, 2017.11.24 (VT): Swami Vitthal Vipul Dev ju was born on Margashirsh Shukla Panchami of 1532VS. He is the second principal Acharya of the Nimbark Haridasi Parampara....
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Namami Gange funds to boost Yamuna cleaning
(Yahoo news) Soon after Nitin Gadkari took charge of the water ministry, National Mission for Clean Ganga approved projects worth nearly Rs 800 crore in seventh executive committee meeting, including...
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Digest: Students from Newtown US to visit Vrindavan.
Students from Newtown US to visit Vrindavan. Param Pujya Didima’s work to empower women and girls is now reaching students in America. After Didima visited a US school, the faculty decided to send some...
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Bihar Panchmi: Bihariji is Bihariji
Vrindavan, 2017.11.24 (VT): Yesterday, lakhs of people came to see the abhishek and shobhyatra (auspicious procession) in honour of Banke Bihariji’s appearance day. The abhishek was held in the early...
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The relation between environmental conservation and religion in Braj
A Development Studies student who recently visited Vrindavan said, “I had heard about the problems with street animals and garbage in Vrindavan, but, the condition of the environment in Vrindavan is...
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Digest: Hundreds arrive on doorstep after girl says Sri Krishna is coming to...
Hundreds arrive on doorstep after girl says Sri Krishna is coming to marry her. In a display of faith and devotion that is rare in this world (but more common in Braj), hundreds of villagers camped...
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Ranapat Ghat and Mirabai
Two of the four chatris. One now contains a mini barber shop. Vrindavan, 2017.11.25 (VT): Between Imlitala and Shringar Vat, we missed a very important site called Ranapat Ghat. The legend of this ghat...
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Siddha Madhusudan Das Babaji of Suryakund
Sadhus residing at Surya Kund (P.C. Vitthal Rukmini Das) Vrindavan, 2017.11.26 (VT): Today is the disappearance day of Siddha Madhusudan Das Babaji. Madhusudan Das Babaji was born in a prestigious...
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Local elections over, voter turnout extremely low
Vrindavan. 2017.11.27 (VT): Residents of Vrindavan and other places in Mathura District voted in local elections on Sunday. Vrindavan’s markets remained closed till 5pm to facilitate voting. In the...
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Orphanage accused of negligence after infant dies of pneumonia
Questions are being raised about the quality of care Mathura’s State Orphanage after the death of an infant. Eight month old Bulbul died in hospital on Friday night, after undergoing emergency...
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Digest: Fire at Mathura Refinery
Fire at Mathura Refinery. On Saturday, a fire broke out in dry grass close to the State run HPCL refinery in Mathura. The workers were carrying out their work as normal when the fire broke out. The...
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Gas subsidy coming to an end
Everybody needs gas for cooking, but, it is becoming less and less affordable. Jagran reports that the Government plans to end the gas subsidy in March 2018. The amount of the subsidies has also been...
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