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Was Surdas really blind? What did he look like? John Stratton Hawley Speaks...
Vrindavan, 2017.04.04 (VT): On March 24th, professor John Stratton Hawley from Columbia University spoke at the JIVA Institute in Vrindavan. He is one of the foremost scholars on Hinduism in the USA,...
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John Stratton Hawley :: Vrindavan, 40 years later
American religious studies professor and world-renowned scholar of Braj Bhasha poet Surdas (link to article on Surdas) John Stratton Hawley first visited Vrindavan in 1974 to do research for his...
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Two crore donation for Banke Bihari
Vrindavan, 2017.04.04 (VT): Everyone’s beloved Banke Bihariji! His devotees would do anything for him. Even with the cash shortage after demonitization, donations continue to rain down at Banke Bihari...
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Hari Baba’s Setu-bandha was completed on Ram Naumi, 1922
One of my favorite Vrindavan sadhus was Svatah Prakash Swami, popularly known as Hari Baba. We have written about him previously, particularly in relation to the spreading of the Holy Names and...
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In “dry” Vrindavan, liquor on demand
Vrindavan, 2017.04.06 (VT with input from Amar Ujala, India Today) In the holy city, the liquor business is thriving. Legally, Vrindavan is a dry area. But in spite of the law, the booze is coming in....
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Vishnu Das Baba’s utsav at Bhagavata Niwas
Vrindavan, 2017.04.06 (VT): Today the festival commemorating the life of Vishnudas Babaji Maharaj of Bhagavata Niwas in Raman Reti. Vishnudas Babaji (1916-1997) was one of the followers of Ramkrishna...
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Peacock Conservation Center receives Rs 55 lakh as first instalment
Mathura, 2017.04.02 (VT): The much ballyhooed Peacock Conservation Center project will continue be developed on two hectares of land belonging to the Van Chetna Kendra or forest awareness center,...
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As Vrindavan heats up, phool bangla festival begins
Vrindavan, 2017.0407 (DJ, AU) From today, everyone’s beloved Banke Bihari Lal will appear in beautiful palaces made of flowers (phool bangla). The phool bangla festival begins on Kamada (Phuldol)...
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Siddha Jaikrishna Das Babaji of Kamyavan (Part 1)
Radha Kund, 2017.04.08 (Vishakha Dasi for VT): Today is the disappearance day of Siddha Jaikrishna Das Babaji of Kamyavan (also known as Kaamvan). Jaikrishna Das Babaji was in the lineage of Shri...
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“People’s Court” Settles 5,000 Cases in Mathura
Mathura, 2017.04.09 (OI, GKT, LSI) Over 5,000 cases were settled at a mega People’s Court (lok adalat) organized by the Mathura District Legal Service Authority on April 8th. Lok adalats or people’s...
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ISKCON Vrindavan to Offer Assisted Living for Elderly Devotees
Part of the Bhumi Puja Vrindavan, 2017.04.09 (VT) ISKCON Vrindavan will offer an assisted living facility for elderly devotees. The project, organized by ISKCON Vrindavan Devotee Care and Community...
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Siddha Jaikrishna Das Babaji of Kamyavan (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the life story of Siddha Jaikrishna Das Babaji of Kamyavan, whose disappearance day was yesterday. Read the first part here. Radha Kund, 2017.04.09 (Vishakha Dasi for VT):...
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Hand over Yamuna Ghats to ASI, activist demands in letter to PM Modi
Mathura, 2017.04.09 (OI): Social activist Madhumangal Shukla has demanded handing over the maintenance of Yamuna’s Ghats in Vrindavan to the Archaeological Survey of India for their proper upkeep. “The...
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Vraja Vilasa: I take shelter of Krishna’s playground, Asthani
I take shelter of Krishna’s playground named Āsthānī at the base of Nandishwar Hill. It is a beautiful pavillion, lovingly made of large stones, by expert architects, set in a square shape. There Sri...
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Irregularities in Vrindavan riverfront project under scrutiny
Vrindavan, 2017.04.06 (DJ): On taking over the UP Chief Minister’s post, Yogi Adityanath ordered a judicial inquiry into cost overruns in the outgoing government’s Gomati River project. Now it appears...
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Two arrested at Mathura Station for robbing foreign woman
Mathura, 2017.04.10 (PTI): Two men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Greek national onboard the Mangala Lakshadweep Express a fortnight back, police in Mathura said today. On March 27,...
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Hanuman Jayanti Celebrated in Krishna’s Homeland
Vrindavan, 2017.04.12 (AU): Hanuman Jayanti was celebrated lovingly on Tuesday, by the residents of Shri Krishna’s homeland, Vrindavan. This year marked the forty-fourth anniversary of the Hanuman...
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My leg was broken for a potato
Vrindavan, 2017.02.14 (CofC): I am a 16-month-old black bull, thrown onto the streets after my mother stopped giving milk. I have been scrounging the rubbish dumps and other places in Vrindavan where I...
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Initiation of a goddess
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 women protest invasive alcohol shops
Vrindavan, 2017.04.14 (VT): With the new Supreme Court ruling banning alcohol sales within 500 meters of national and state highways, liquor stores are shifting to markets and residential areas. In...
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