Exhibition on Nrisingha Lila at Goda Vihar
Vrindavan 2016.05.19 (VT): An eight-day exhibition on the Braj Narsingh Leela started at the Goda Vihar temple on Wednesday. Braj Cultural Research Institute organised this exhibition in coordination...
View ArticleJapanese waste management system to be installed in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.05.19 (VT): The city administration has started putting double efforts to keep the city clean after being penalised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on May 11. The Vrindavan...
View ArticleShrila Narayan Maharaj: The mercy of Nrisingha and Prahlad Maharaj
Vrindavan, 2016.05.20 (Harikatha.com): This year, 2016, the auspicious appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva is May 20. Srila Gurudeva gave an amazing discourse on the Lord’s appearance day in 1998, in...
View ArticleRaghav Das, Mahamandaleshwar at 22
Ujjain, 2016.05.20 (Free Press Journal) : The title of Mahamandaleshwar is conferred to sadhus after they prove their mettle to their gurus in terms of penance and on the duties that are assigned to...
View ArticleVraja Vilasa 13: Krishna’s grandfather Parjanya
Aho! I bow down to Krishna’s paternal grandfather, who takes great pleasure in speaking joking words into Krishna’s ears. His name is Parjanya (“rain cloud”) but he makes a complete mockery of...
View ArticleRadha Raman Jayanti celebrated with abhishek of Deity
Vrindavan, 2016.05.21 (VT): Today celebrations took place at the Radha Raman temple where all the prominent Goswami sevayats of Thakur Radha Raman Lal and hundreds of devotees gathered to perform His...
View ArticleAlleged cattle smuggler shot and killed in Barsana
Barsana, 2016.05.21 (IANS, DJ): A man suspected of being a cattle smuggler was shot dead on Saturday morning. The incident took place near Sanket on the road between Nandagaon and Barsana. Local people...
View ArticleBihariji getting love letters in the mail
Vrindavan, 2016.05.22 (Jitender Sharma, DJ): Everyone knows that after Krishna left Vrindavan for Mathura, messages were exchanged back and forth between the gopis and their beloved Kanaiya. Such...
View ArticleThe Buddha predicted a glorious future for Mathura
Mathura, 2016.05.22 (VT): Lord Buddha is known to have made two visits to Mathura during his lifetime. On his second visit it seems he predicted the future shape of region. His disciples had made...
View ArticleVrindavan: The good, the bad, the ugly
There are three gunas: sattva, rajas and tamas. Through these gunas we experience the world as good, bad or just plain ugly. For this reason, my experience in Vrindavan has these three taints. ………...
View ArticleSewage treatment plants and pumping stations inspected: Not so good
Vrindavan 2016.05.23 (VT): Officers from Yamuna Task Force (YTF) inspected the functioning of the Sewer Treatment Pumps (STP) flowing in Yamuna. They found that the old STP at Pagal Baba and a new STP...
View ArticleAkhilesh wants Yamuna riverfront to have “look and feel” of Dwapara Yug
Vrindavan 2016.05.23 (VT): Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has now declared a timeline for his “dream project” in Vrindavan. The CM has communicated the timeline to all the concerned departments for...
View ArticleBVHA protesting Yamuna riverfront plans
The Braj Vrindavan Heritage Alliance opposes the new Yamuna riverfront development project in Vrindavan. It registered its protest with the District Magistrate of Mathura, Shri Rajesh Kumar. A BVHA...
View ArticleIs this the real rup of Rup Goswami?
Pir Muchandar, Gorakh and Jadrup. Vrindavan, 2016.05.24 (Acharya Das, Entangled Voices): Many contemporary Vaisnavas will instantly identify the person in this image as Sri Rupa Gosvami, one of the...
View ArticleProblem in Bankey Bihari organising committee formation
Vrindavan, 2016.05.24 (VT): The election for the four-member organising committee at Bankey Bihari temple took place over a month ago, but the process of forming the committee with the elected members...
View ArticleShravan Kumar’s message to society
Vrindavan 2016.05.24 (VT): Shravan Kumar alias Kailash Giri left Jabalpur 20 years back to take his blind mother Kirti Devi on pilgrimage to the Char Dham (the four abodes, usually Yamunotri,...
View ArticleVraja Vilasa: Krishna’s grandmother, Variyasi Devi
I offer my obeisances unto Variyasi Devi, Sri Krishna’s paternal grandmother, whose feet do not touch the ground out of pride over the happiness caused by her beloved moon-like grandson, whom she...
View ArticleStorm uproots trees, kills two in Braj
Vrindavan, 2016.05.26 (VT): After temperatures in Vrindavan were soaring to the point of being intolerant, Mother Nature decided to give a respite with three days of storms and showers. Though everyone...
View ArticleRadha Raman’s lotus feet are her entire world
Vrindavan, 2016.05.26 (Radhika Goswami, VT): When the entire world media and so-called social activists leave no stone unmoved to defame Vrindavan for not caring for its widows, there are many...
View ArticleMathura Judge to make decision on Prabandhak Committee members
Vrindavan 2016.05.24 (VT): A Mathura judge will now decide the who will sit on the Prabandhak Committee at Thakur Bankey Bihari temple Ji. The four elected members have not been able to come to an...
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