Vraja Vilasa: May the Raas Sthali protect me
May the Rāsa-sthalī protect me: the place where the Rāsa-dance took place, which is filled with all the wonderful sweetness of the three worlds, where Krishna Murārī dances with the gopīs, who are...
View ArticleWill 24-hour electricity become a reality in Braj? Yogi Adityanath to sign...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will sign a ‘Power for all 2019’ pact with the Narendra Modi government at the Centre on Friday in a bid to improve the electricity situation in the state....
View ArticleDeen Dayal Veterinary University to offer free cow seva training for women
“To empower women through animal husbandry and make them a part of the initiatives to increase the income of farmers, he said the university has decided to offer training to women at no cost.” Mathura,...
View ArticleThe Brahmin who would faint by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam
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...
View ArticleVraja Vilasa: May Mansi Ganga Protect Me
May Mānasa Gaṅgā, who enjoys the great sweetness of Śrī-Sri Radha and Krishna’s boating pastimes and whose waves of ecstasy splash against Govardhana hill’s brilliant boulders, protect me. VERSE 64:...
View ArticleTheology at 120 degrees Fahrenheit
Radha Kund, 2017.04.16 (VT): Catholic priest and Hinduism scholar Klaus Klostermaier lived in India in the 1960s, and two of those years were spent in Vrindavan. His work during this period led to his...
View ArticleGiving human rights to Yamuna is not enough, new documentary reveals
Vrindavan, 2017.04.19 (Madhava Smullen, ISKCON news, Photo Credits: Filip Cargonja): Recently, a high court in India declared the Yamuna river a living entity, bestowing on her the same legal rights as...
View ArticleMathura violence: DNA samples don’t match, son claims cult leader alive
Agra, 2017.04.19 (Anuja Jaiswal, TNN): Amid reports about the DNA sample of the main accused in the June 2 Jawahar Bagh violence, Ram Vriksha Yadav, not matching with his son’s, followers of the...
View ArticleMathura merger back on the table: Vrindavan residents protest
Vrindavan, 2017.03.16 (VT): The idea of a merger of Vrindavan and Mathura, which had been on the back burner for over a decade, has again come up. A degree of urgency was injected when the UP...
View ArticleHema Malini’s Vrindavan dreams have not come true
Vrindavan, 2017.04.13 (VT): Mathura MP Hema Malini conducted a surprise inspection of Vrindavan and Mathura recently. She was profoundly disappointed to see the amount of garbage still littering the...
View ArticleMake Video Clip If Asked For Bribe: UP Power Minister
Mathura, 2017.04.20 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma today exhorted people against paying bribes and underlined the state government’s commitment to weed out corruption. The state...
View ArticleUP CM Yogi Adityanath bans liquor shops near places of worship
Lucknow, 2017.04.20 (Hindustan Times): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered on Wednesday a ban on liquor shops in Hindu and Islamic religious places such as Vrindavan, Ayodhya,...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Life
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...
View ArticleDevkinandan Thakur meets CM Yogi, demands ban on non-vegetarian food in...
Vrindavan/Lucknow, 2017.04.19 (VT): Shri Devakinandan Thakur, the President of the Vishwashanti Charitable Trust, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his Lucknow residence on Wednesday....
View ArticleNine Kunds of Braj to be featured on Tourist Map
Vrindavan, 2017.04.25 (VT): Nine kunds (holy lakes) of Braj will soon be featured on the government’s official tourist map. Until now, pilgrims and tourists from around the world who visit Braj for a...
View ArticleISKCON Gurukul Student Drowns in School Swimming Pool
Vrindavan, 2017.04.26 (VT): Students, parents and faculty of Vrindavan’s ISKCON Gurukul are heartbroken by the loss of Kartik Sharma, a student of class seven. Kartik drowned on Monday while swimming...
View ArticleSecurity stepped up in Mathura following terror threat
Mathura, 2017.4.25 (PTI): Security has been tightened in this temple town after police received information that terrorists dressed as saints could launch attacks at sensitive places in Uttar Pradesh....
View ArticleVrindavan Celebrates Akshay Tritiya and Chandan Yatra
Vrindavan, April 30, 2017 (VT): Vrindavan filled with visitors from far and wide yesterday on the occasion of Akshay Tritya. Throughout India, Akshay Tritiya is celebrated as a day of new beginnings....
View ArticlePhotos of over 50 girls from Vrindavan uploaded on fake FB accounts
Agra, 2017.04.28 (Anuja Jaiswall, TNN): Photos of more than 50 school and college going girls from Vrindavan have been uploaded on fake Facebook accounts. The photos were accompanied by derogatory...
View ArticleSri Ramanujacharya’s 1,000th Birthday Celebrated at Sri Rangji Mandir in...
Vrindavan, 2017.05.01 (VT): The 1,000-year anniversary of Sri Ramanujacharya’s birth is being celebrated throughout India today. At the Sri Rangji Temple in Vrindavan, the occasion is being marked by a...
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