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Shradh is dedicated to express gratitude to all our ancestors
Vrindavan, September 29th 2015: The Pitru paksha began with the full moon day of Purnima. The brajwasis reached the ghats of Yamuna in Vrindavan and Mathura to perform the tarpan ritual by offering til...
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Mathura, 2015.09.28 (IANS,TOI): A major pilgrimage centre for the Hindus since long, Mathura district has emerged as a major tourism hub for visitors from within the country. Around 10 crore people...
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NGT sets time limit for proper waste disposal in Vrindavan
New Delhi / Vrindavan, 2015.09.30 (IANS) : The National Green Tribunal has again pulled the Vrindavan Municipality for reckless dumping of the municipal solid waste in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan....
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Widows to be renamed “Krishna’s brides”
Lucknow, 2015.09.30 (Subhash Mishra, TNN): Hundreds of widows living a neglected life in the ashrams of Vrindavan will take another step back to the mainstream of the society on November 18 when they...
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Eleven sentenced to life in Mahant kidnapping case
Mathura, 2015.10.02 (Amar Ujala): In the sensational case (see previous story) kidnapping and extortion of Vrindavan sant and social worker, Swami Govindanand Tirth, who was kidnapped in 2012, the...
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Krishna theme park in Mathura soon
Lucknow, 2015.10.05 (Subhash Mishra, TNN, Amar Ujala):Bollywood star and BJP MP Hema Malini will develop a Krishna theme park in Mathura and UP chief minister Akhikesh Yadav has pledged that he will...
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Don’t expect anything in return of seva: Sadhvi Ritambhara
Vrindavan, October 5th 2015 (VT): “One of the most important aspects of progression in all spheres of life is offering and provision of services to others without any thought whatsoever of reward or...
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Saanjhi Mela begins at Brahma Kund after 125 years
Vrindavan, October 6, 2015: The century old custom of organizing the Saanjhi festival at Brahma Kund was revived again. The eight day long festival was inaugurated by Senior Journalist Shri Ved...
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Bollywood stars involved in humanitarian causes
Mumbai, 2015.10.07 (LiveMint): It is not just about show business in Bollywood. Some film celebrities do their bit to support humanitarian causes—be it by contributing their time or money, by setting...
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Making the Mathura Mahotsav a permanent institution: Hema
Lucknow, 2015.10.06 (Amar Ujala): Ordinary people may have looked on the two-day Mathura Mahotsav (net, FB) festival held on the Akshay Patra grounds in April as an extraordinary event, but for its...
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Did Hema’s Mahotsav recast Krishna lila in promiscuity?
Vrindavan, 2015.05.08 (Raghav Mittal): Transcending from one’s professional identity to assume that of a responsible public representative in the sphere of popular politics is somewhere an arduous...
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Gardens and nurseries of Tulsi will be developed in Vrindavan
Vrindavan, October 11,2015: If things go well, there shall not be any scarcity of Tulsi leaves in Vrindavan from the next year. Friends of Vrindavan (FoV) is planning to set up the Tulsi gardens and...
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Vrindavan Temple Federation calls for ‘the Dham Protection’
Vrindavan, October 17, 2015: In a unique development to protect the ethos of the temple town of Vrindavan, several leading temples of the town joined hands together to form a federation. The...
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Krishna Sandarbha seminar at Jiva Institute during Karttik
During the month of Kartika, from October 27th until November 25th, Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa and Sandarbha editor Jagadananda Das will read from Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha at the Jiva Institute in Vrindavan....
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Historic Mirzapur Dharmashala destroyed
Vrindavan, 2015.10.17 (VT): While on an errand to the central part of Vrindavan, I was shattered to see that the Mirzapur Dharma Shala has been torn down. This was a historical place and even though it...
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Devotion is Only Obtained by the Mercy of Great Saints: Ramesh Baba
Barsana (From Save Braj Forum): Lecture from May 10, 2015 by Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj. Received from Gudda Baba. Yesterday news came to us about a rich person who had been fighting a case with the...
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Krishna Theme Park in Braj :: Fossilizing a Living Tradition?
Raghav Mittal (VT): When one falls short of creative imagination, one often resorts to phony simplifications just to gain quick brownie points in the circles you roam. Creating a Krishna theme park in...
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Śrī Guru Darśanam – New Question-and Answer Book with Śrī Haridāsa Śāstrī...
Vrindavan, 2015.10.17 (VT): When an authentic, qualified guru and a sincere student meet, knowledge is transferred from guru to the student. This was the traditional paramparā system of education in...
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Adyāpi: Even Today
Vrindavan, 2015.10.20 (VT) Free-Verse Poem and Notes referencing Caityanya Caritamrta Madhya 18, Recalling Mahaprabhu’s entree into Vrindavan five-hundred years ago, by Drs. Radhika Devi. …...
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Dussehra: Yamuna Mission to burn effigies of pollutants
Mathura, 2015.10.22 (DNA): Instead of an effigy of ten-headed demon king Ravana, people in Mathura will burn solid wastes that pollute the river Yamuna on the occasion of Dussehra on Thursday to mark...
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