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Ammachi is setting the standard for religious leadership
Our country is chock full of spiritual leaders, along with their hermitages and monasteries. Previously these places acted as powerhouses for awakening the general public’s spiritual consciousness,...
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People on the Yamuna floodplains are ready to do battle for their homes
Vrindavan 2016.05.10 (VT): After the National Green Tribunal has come down hard on the injunction to vacate the encroaching structures and the various bureaucratic arms of the government are rallying...
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On Supreme Court order, grant for widows hiked by 292%
New Delhi, 2016.04.12 (TOI): Nine years ago, the TOI story ‘White Shadows of Vrindavan’ spurred an NGO to move a PIL in the Supreme Court for improving the pitiable condition of widows abandoned by...
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R. D. Paliwal: Drainage sytem will be developed parallel to Yamuna
Vrindavan 2016.04.12 (VT): CEO of Braj Development Board and a member of the committee formed by the Chief Secretary, Mr. R. D. Paliwal announced yesterday that the drainage system in Vrindavan will be...
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Noopur temple to be built at Shyamananda samadhi
Vrindavan, 2016.04.12 (VT): Thousands of devotees visit Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar Temple, situated in Seva Kunj area of Shridham Vrindavan, to have darshan of Shri Shyam Sundar Ji (Lala Ji)...
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16 Crore sanctioned for Heritage City Development in Mathura
Mathura, 2016.04.12 (VT): The Detailed Project Report (DPR) to develop a heritage city near Shri Krishna’s birth place in Mathura, has been approved at district level with 16 crores allotted amount....
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Yamuna Chatth celebration in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.04.13 (VT): Yamuna Chatth was celebrated grandly in the holy city of Vrindavan. During the celebration at Keshi Ghat yesterday, Chairman of the Municipal Corporation, Mr. Mukesh Gautam...
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Shree Shree Ravishankar in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.04.13 (VT): Influential spiritual teacher and founder of the worldwide Art of Living movement, Shree Shree Ravishankar was in Vrindavan yesterday. During his discourse at Swami Vishnu...
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200 Crore to develop area around Bankey Bihari
Vrindavan 2016.04.14 (VT): The World Bank is lending 200 crore rupees to develop the area around the world famous Bankey Bihari temple, with the purpose of boosting tourism. The World Bank’s...
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Solar lighting for the Yamuna riverfront
Vrindavan 2016.0415 (VT): State Government is preparing to have solar powered lights at the Yamuna river fronts. The work has already been started and is expected to go for a year, post which the river...
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Sewage lines break: More untreated waste flows into Yamuna
Vrindavan 2016.05.15 (VT): The critical condition of the sewer lines in Vrindavan is one of the sore spots in keeping Yamuna pollution free. Until the problem has been resolved here in Vrindavan, where...
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Asli Vrindavan Series (1) : Namdev Kaladhari Bageecha, Vishram Kund, and...
Fifteen years ago during my first visit to Vrindavan, a baba I met at the Radha Raman mandir told me about the Tatia-sthan ashram and gave me a tour of it that left an indelible impression on me. I...
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Rama’s birthday celebrated in the city of Krishna
Mathura 2016.04.16 (VT): The birth of Lord Ram was celebrated grandly, in the city of Lord Krishna. People started singing prayers, as the priests started doing abhishek of the deities. At evening,...
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Yogi Amrit Desai passes through Vrindavan, meets with Satyanarayana Dasaji
Vrindavan, 2016.04.15 (VT): Yogi Amrit Desai, one of the pioneers of modern yoga in the West, is currently traveling through India with a number of American disciples and made a quick visit to...
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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.05.16 (VT): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat is in Vrindavan for a two day visit, for which he reached the Keshav Dham at Chaitanya Vihar on Friday. He met the saints, politicians, MPs &...
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Bhagwat and RSS support priests opposing move to acquire Bankey
Vrindavan 2016.04.18 (VT): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, who was in Vrindavan for two days, visited the Bankey Bihari temple on Saturday. The temple heads met the RSS chief and informed him about the...
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We want pure Yamuna water from Hathani Kund: Jai Krishna Das
With the recent announcement by government officials that they will finally build a sewage canal or sewer parallel to the Yamuna in the Vrindavan-Mathura area, we at VT decided to go and see Sant Jai...
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World Heritage Day remembered in Heritage City
Mathura, Vrindavan 2016.04.18 (VT): Mathura is among the oldest cities in the world, where Lord Krishna is said to have lived over 5000 years ago. The Central Government has selected Mathura for...
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Krishna Balaram temple celebrates 41st anniversary
Vrindavan, 2016.04.16 (VT): This year Lord Ramacandra’s appearance day fell on April 15th. This is one of the major festivasls at the Krishna-Balaram temple, as it was on Ram Naumi that A.C....
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Head of Adi Chunchanagiri Math visits Chandrodaya Mandir
Vrindavan, April 18, 2016: Swami Nirmalanandanatha, the head of the Shri Adi Chunchanagiri Mahasamsthan Math of Karnataka visited Vrindavan on Monday. During his tour he paid respect to Thakur Shri...
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