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Vraja Vilasa: I bow to Krishna’s flute
The beautiful art used for this post is the work and sole property of Samik De. I always offer my obeisances unto the most fortunate flute called murali, who is nourished by drinking the nectar of...
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Good News for Govardhan Parikrama Traffic
Radha Kund, 2017.02.04 (VT): Govardhan parikrama should not be a life-threatening affair. The pilgrimage walk around Govardhan Hill has become increasingly dangerous in recent years due to heavy...
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The political landscape in Mathura before state-wide elections
Mathura, 2017.02.05 (Chandan Nandy & Abhilash Mallick for The Quint): When retired college Professor Ashok Bansal was away visiting his son in Australia between December and January, the Mathura...
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Blissful evening with Satyanarayan Babaji’s divine prayers
2017.01.25 (VT): The devotional nectar had flown at Radha Raman Mandir on Wednesday, when Mahant Satyanarayan Das Babaji sang the melodious bhajans during the ‘Seva Saubhagya Mahotsava’. It was...
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Songs for the Holi Season: Some Popular Rasiyas (Part 1)
Vrindavan, 2017.02.05 (Krishnaa Kinkari and VT): The irrisistible rhythms of the folk songs called “rasiyas” are synonymous with the Holi season, which started in Vraj on Vasant Panchami. They are...
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Karhala Village, Origin of the Raas Lila Tradition
Radha Kund, 2017.01.05 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): The village of Karhala is the the home town of Champaklata Sakhi, one of Shri Radharani’s eight close female friends (ashtasakhis). It is near Barsana,...
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No relief on Environment Compensation from Supreme Court
2017.01.30 (VT): Vrindavan Municipality didn’t get any relief from the Supreme Court on the Environment Compensation imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal. The Apex Court has instead asked the...
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Krishna’s Peacock, Tandavika
We eagerly yearn to see Tāṇḍavika (ताण्डविक), the king of peacocks, remembering how he blossomed in joy whilst hearing Krishna’s flutesong, and how he delighted the Divine Couple by spreading out his...
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A View from the Raaslila Stage with Shri Sitaram Bharadwaj
Radha Kund, 2017.02.06 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Last week Shri Sitram Bharadwaj kindly shared with me about his experiences as part of the Pushtimargiya Shri Krishnalila Sansthan in Vrindavan. I am not...
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Narayandas’ Mistake and Viram’s Inner Mood
This is the continuing serialization of 252 Vaishnavan ki varta, the lives of the saints following Vitthalnath, son of Vallabhacharya. It has been translated from the original Braj Bhasha by Krishnaa...
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98% increase in deaths on Yamuna expressway
Vrindavan, 2017.02.07 (Purusharth Aradhak for The Hindu): Uttar Pradesh roads claim among the maximum number of lives in India with Noida and Ghaziabad being major contributors to the figures....
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Vraja Vilasa: May Govardhan Hill Protect You
Govardhan Hill was lovingly held upon the graceful hand of Sri Krishna who eagerly protected Gokul for seven days, and who was thus given the honour of worship by the Lord, whose caves are coloured by...
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Braj development prime focus of Congress, BJP aspirants in Mathura
Mathura, Feb 8 (PTI): The BJP’s National Secretary and its media face Shrikant Sharma is wooing voters here promising “uplift” of the Braj area, among other things, to unseat Congress’s Pradeep Mathur,...
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Ganga, Yamuna reduced to drains but no party cares
2017.02.10 (Joydeep Gupta) Electricity, roads and water have been the holy trinity of Indian poll promises for decades, but water comes such a distant third that it is not even an important issue as...
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Radha Damodar’s appearance day celebrated
Kanika Prasad Goswami performing abhisek Vrindavan, 2017.02.06: Thakur Shri Radha Damodar’s appearance day was celebrated on Monday at Radha Damodar Mandir. A Special abhishek was performed by the ‘...
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A Vaishnav should never be so cruel
This is the continuing serialization of 252 Vaishnavan ki varta, the lives of the saints following Vitthalnath, son of Vallabhacharya. It has been translated from the original Braj Bhasha by Krishnaa...
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Shri Shriji Maharaj never wore shoes in Vrindavan
Acharya Naresh Narayan offering final shraddhanjali to Shriji Maharaj’s ashes in Vrindavan on Jan. 18, 2017. Vrindavan, 2017.02.09 (Acharya Naresh Narayan for VT): With the departure from this world of...
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Hundreds of devotees take holy dip in Yamuna on Maghi Purnima
Vrindavan 2017.02.11 (VT): The month of Maagh ended yesterday with hundreds of devotee couples taking a holy dip in the Yamuna. Even before the sun rose yesterday, Prayag Ghat in Mathura witnessed...
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Nitaier karuna hobe… Braje Radha Krishna pabe!!
Vrindavan, 2017.02.09 (with input from Jagannath Poddar, VT): For one day every year, on the 13th day of the waxing moon in Magh, the center of attention for the Gaudiya Vaishnavas in Vrindavan is...
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Last opportunity granted to submit the ‘status report’ : NGT
Vrindavan / New Delhi, 2017.02.13 (VT): Vrindavan’s garbage issue is set to be resolved with the courts’ intervention. The case is pending before the National Green Tribunal as well as the Supreme...
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