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Never judge the Guru’s activities with a worldly mindset
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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Heritage dies on Vrindavan’s ghats
Vrindavan, 2017.02.27 (Rashme Sehgal) Vrindavan means forest—it brings to mind a green landscape where gopis roamed, cattle grazed and Krishna performed his leelas. Today, not only have the forests...
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Shri Radharaman Charan Das Babaji and the Festival of Dogs
Radha Kund, 2017.02.28 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Today is the disappearance day of Shri Shri 108 Radharaman Charan Das Babaji Mahashay. Born in 1853 in Jessore, in what is now Bangladesh, Babaji Mahashay...
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Jiva clinic opened in Vrindavan to serve the people of Vraja-bhoomi
Vrindavan, 2017.02.25 (VT): Jiva Ayurveda has opened its new clinic in Vrindavan. With this new clinic, it has added 58th clinic in the network of Ayurveda clinics across the country. The new clinic...
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Vraja Vilasa: I eagerly worship Shyam Kund
I always eagerly worship Ariṣṭakuṇd (Shyam Kund), which automatically sprang from Krishna’s lotus feet just as honey naturally trickles from a blooming flower when the wicked Ariṣṭa-demon was killed,...
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How to Steal a River
After suffering tragic abuse upriver, the Yamuna in Vrindavan is subjected to further mistreatment including the illegal mining of sand. This recent article from The New York Times speaks to the...
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Brahmotsavam begins at Shri Goda Hardev Mandir in Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.02.03 (V.T): The ten day long ‘Brahmotsavam’ began at Shri Goda Hardev Mandir on Thursday, with hoisting of the Sacred Garuda flag atop the golden Dhwajasthmbam (holy mast) inside the...
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A Life of Seva for Shri Radharaman: Shri Purushottam Goswami Maharaj
Shri Radharaman, Bhatt Gopal – Shri Vrindavan Nitya Vihar Vrindavan, 2017.03.02 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Shri Purushottam Goswami of the Shri Radharaman Temple was a soul immersed in the seva of Shri...
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The Lynching of the Gossip
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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Mathura Junction – The Last Stop for Railway Bandits
Vrindavan, 2017.02.05 (VT) Recently, Braj’s own Mathura Junction railway station was in the news when it nabbed several awards for cleanliness and excellent service. On Thursday night, the station...
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May Pavan Sarovar Protect Me
May Pāvan Sarovar, which is surrounded by kadamb trees and swarms of buzzing bees, and where the lotus-eyed gopīs repeatedly and lovingly come on the pretext of fetching water to blissfully meet the...
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Yamuna bed being filled with debris indiscriminately despite the NGT ban
Vrindavan, 2017.03. 05 (VT): Indiscriminate dumping of debris in Yamuna river banks threatens the river eco –system in Vrindavan. Yamuna is rapidly changing its course due to the accumulation of debris...
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How Gopaldas Became an Ocean
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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Bhog, Raag and Shringar in Pushti Marg
(Bhagwat Shah, pushti-marg.net): Since the time of Acharya Shri Vitthalnathji (Shri Gusaiji), Raag, Bhog and Shringar took on a new significance in the Pushti Marg sect. He highlighted the importance...
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Laddoos were flung on the eve of the Latthmar Holi in Varsana
Barsana, 2017.03.05 (VT): The ‘Laddoo Holi’, was celebrated in Barsana on the eve of the ‘Latthamar Holi’ on Sunday. The residents of Barsana, the priests and devotees smeared colored powder (gulal) on...
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Grand farewell ceremony held for the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula students
Vrindavan, 2017.03.02 (VT): A grand ceremony was held at the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and International School to celebrate the farewell of the 12th grade students. Several senior devotees of Iskcon...
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Devkinandan Thakur picked up broom to clean Vrindavan, hundreds followed
Vrindavan, 2017.03.07 (VT): Bhagvatacharya Shri Devkinanadan Thakur picked up the brooms to clean Vrindavan on Tuesday. Hundreds of his followers assisted him to clean the streets of the holy land of...
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A Holi Journey with the Sakhas of Nandgaon: Part 1, Arrival and Laddu Holi
Radha Kund, 09.03.2017 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): A few days ago I went to Nandgaon (नन्दगाँव) to attend the festivities surrounding Lathmar Holi. I was thrilled, because I knew it was going to be a total...
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Vrindavan immersed in colors of devotion on ‘Rangbharni Ekadashi’
Vrindavan, 2017.03.08 (VT): After Nandgaon and Barsana, it was the turn of Vrindavan to begin the celebration of Holi on the Rangbharni Ekadashi. On Wednesday, the celebrations began with the offering...
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Stone pelted during the demolition drive to secure the Govardhan Parikrama
Govardhan, 2017.03.09 (VT): Violence broke out in Govardhan during an anti-encroachment drive around the sacred hill of Giriraj. The residents of Nagla Sapera pelted stones at the officials during the...
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