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How Krishna Left Vrindavan With Me One Day, And Stayed Ever Since
(101 India) My introduction to spirituality came at a very young age. “RADHE RADHE!” came the loud chanting of the Brajwasis (locals of Vrindavan) who had just entered Bankey Bihari temple – one of the...
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Social media campaign demands dropping the word “widow” from dictionary
Agra, 11.03.2017 (Anuja Jaiswal for The Times of India): Nari Shakti Puraskar Award winner Dr Laxmi Gautam from Vrindavan has started a social media campaign to demand equal rights for widows –...
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My Colourful Braj Holi: Part 2, Lathmar Holi in Barsana
Chal Barsane Hori Khelen, Jaha Basat Hai Radha Gori, Hori Khelen, Chal Barsane, Hori Khelen… Radha Kund, 2017.03.15 (Vishakha Dasi for Vrindavan Today): Now that Holi is over, I am gathering my...
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Babulal Panda walked on a 20-foot bonfire during Holi
Kosi, 2017.03.12 (VT): Thousands of devotees visited Falen on Monday, where a panda (priest) walked through a huge bonfire with flames reaching twenty feet in the air. Falen is a village situated seven...
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My Colourful Braj Holi: Part 3, Holi with Radharamanji
Radha Kund, 2017.03.17 (Vishakha Dasi for Vrindavan Today) To me, Holi is all about who you want to go crazy with, and who better to go crazy with than the incomparable Shri Radharamanji? He was the...
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My Colourful Braj Holi: Part 4, Radhakund’s Huranga!
Radha Kund, 2017.03.17 (Vishakha Dasi for Vrindavan Today): At this point I thought Holi was over; but boy, was I wrong! The day after Holi I caught a ride with the ODev crew, as they were also going...
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Narad Kund and Narad Bhakti Sutra, Part 1
Radha Kund, 2017.03.18 (Vishakha Dasi for Vrindavan Today) Growing up I often found myself questioning what love really is. I used to annoy my mother with judgemental comments during television...
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13,000 children drop out after anti-cheating crackdown
Mathura, 2017.03.18 (PTI): Around 13,000 students have dropped out from the Uttar Pradesh board examinations for classes 10th and 12th in the Mathura district this year, District Magistrate Nitin...
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Narad Kund and Narad Bhakti Sutra, Part 2
Radha Kund, 2017.03.19 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): In part one of this series, Sage Narad journeyed to Eternal Vrindavan to experience the love of Shri Radha and Krishna. He also learned the secrets of...
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Raslila performed at Madhya Pradesh CM’s house by the players from Vrindavan
Chief Minister with the Raslila artists Vrindavan, 2017.03.19 (VT): The Folk artists from Vrindavan performed ‘Raslila’ at the residence of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan...
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Dalai Lama to Visit Mathura on March 20
Mathura, 2017.03.19 (PTI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is expected to visit Mathura on Monday. According to a local official, he will be staying at the Karshni Ashram in Raman Reti. The...
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Deities were taken for pleasure boat ride by the Iskcon devotees
Vrindavan, 2017.03.18 (VT): A Boat festival was organized on Saturday by the devotees of the Krishna Balaram Mandir. The deities were taken for a pleasure boat ride (Nauka Vihar) on Yamuna in a...
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Vraja Vilasa: The Place of Krishna’s Grandfather’s Austerities
Seeing that his son, the Lord of Braj Sri Nanda Maharaj, had no son of his own, grandfather Parjanya Gopa engaged in worship of Sri Nārāyaṇa by ardently fasting, so that he could get a grandson (Sri...
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Fresh hope of bringing Yamuna river to life
New Delhi, 2017.03.21 (TNN): The Uttarakhand high court’s order on Monday declaring the Ganga and the Yamuna as legal or living persons has given hope to scientists and activists who had almost given...
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Bus service began between Vrindavan and Nepal border
Vrindavan, 2017.03.21 (VT): A Public road transport between Vrindavan and Nepal border began on Saturday. The new bus service started between Vrindavan and Sanauli, the bordering town of Nepal in...
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A Catholic Priest on Vrindavan Parikrama
Radha Kund, 2017.03.17 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Catholic priest and Hinduism scholar Klaus Klostermaier has written beautifully about his experience of Vrindavan Parikrama in the 1960s. Those who have...
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Without compassion for all living beings, we cannot evolve as humans :: Dalai...
Vrindavan, 2017.03.22 (VT) : One of the most respected individuals in the entire world, a spiritual man whose integrity has rarely been impugned — an almost impossible feat in today’s hypersensitive...
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Vrindavan heritage ghat case: NGT imposes fine of Rs 50,000 on water...
Agra, 2017.03.22 (Aditya Devi, TOI): The National Green Tribunal imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Union water resources ministry on Tuesday for not submitting a reply in the petition against the...
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All I have belongs to You
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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Ganga and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings
2017.03.21 (Michael Safi and agencies, The Guardian) Indian court cites the Whanganui in New Zealand as example for according status to two rivers considered sacred. The Ganges river, considered sacred...
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