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Lord Vardaraja took bath with 108 silver pots of water
Vrindavan, 2017.07.02 (VT): The ritual of ‘Mahabhishekam’ with 108 silver pots of water was performed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Lord Varadraja Temple on Saturday, during the anniversary of the...
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Riverfront Development Project: Destruction in the guise of development
Vrindavan, 2017.07.03 (VT): The groundwater level in Vrindavan has dropped four to five meters and continues to fall rapidly. Most of the municipal tube wells on the bank of Yamuna have gone dry. These...
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Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s Viveka-satakam Release
2017.06.03 (Dr. Demain Martins): Almost five hundred years after its composition, Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s Viveka-satakam (A Hundred Verses of Wisdom) has been published for the first time....
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Strictly enforce plastic ban: NGT to Vrindavan authorities
New Delhi, 2017.07.03 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal today directed the authorities in the temple town of Vrindavan to strictly enforce the ban on the use of plastic bags, warning that two senior...
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Shri Radharaman’s Ghrishm Kalin Nikunj-Sewa comes to an end
Vrindavan, 2017.07.06 (VT; Photos by Anjali Syal): The rainy season has come. The kadamb flowers are blooming, ghevar is being sold in the sweet shops, and the sky has wrapped her soft blanket of deep...
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Gate of Nitya Vrindavan opens at Bihariji’s doorstep
For centuries devotees have been coming to Vrindavan with the desire to die here. Since the re-discovery of the holy dham in 1515, devotees have come here to devote their lives to the pursuit of...
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Yamuna and Ganga no longer considered “living entities”
2017.07.07 (BBC) India’s revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state,...
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Abhishek of Madan Mohan on the Eve of Mudiya Puno
Vrindavan, 2017.07.08 (VT): On the eve of his disapperance day, which is now known as “Mudiya Puno”, Shri Sanatan Goswami performed the abhishek of Madan Mohan. The tradition continued today as Madan...
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Braj Celebrates the Life of Sanatan Goswami on Mudiya Puno
Shri Sanatan Goswami’s new murti at Shri Radha-Madanmohan Temple Vrindavan, 2017.07.11 (VT): Braj’s most popular festival, Mudiya Puno (Guru Purnima), was celebrated on Sunday. This year an estimated...
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Arrested foreigner goes on hunger strike, Tehri police in a fix
Deharadun, 2017.07.08 (Prithviraj Singh, Hindustan Times): A 56-year-old foreigner in Tehri jail has gone on a hunger strike, leaving jail officials in a fix. For the past nine days, Serguei Razvozjaev...
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Land Mafia trying to steal Sanket Bihari’s 500-year-old jhula
Barsana, 2017.07.17 (VT based on HS): Every year during the month of Saavan, devotees come from all around to have darshan of Sanket Bihari (Shri Radharamanji), Sanket Devi and Katyayani Mata in Sanket...
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Shri Loknath Goswami’s Gift of Grace
Vrindavan, 2017.07.17 (VT): Today is the disappearance day of Shri Loknath Goswami. This important day in Vrindavan’s history was celebrated at the Shri Radha-Gokulananda Mandir in Vrindavan, where his...
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No place left for trees in Vrindavan: Forestry Department
Vrindavan, 2017.07.18 (VT): The word “forest”, or van in Sanskrit, is literally included in Vrindavan’s name. Yet the Forestry Department now says that there is no more room for trees in Vrindavan....
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In Krishna’s homeland, 2 teenaged girls go on fast to appease rain god
Agra, 2017.07.16 (Anuja Jaiswal, TNN): As lord Krishna’s homeland awaits the monsoons, two 15-year-old girls, Suman and Rukmani, have been sitting on a fast for the last two days in Malsarav village of...
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Will Yogi’s “Krishna Disneyand” fossilize a living tradition?
Vrindavan, 2017.07.19 (VT): The state government of Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath is preparing to create a Krishna theme park in Mathura along the lines of Disneyland. The park will recreate the...
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Yamuna Riverfront Project still running without a DPR, despite NGT’s order
Vrindavan, 2017.07.20 (VT): It seems Akhilesh Yadav’s dream project, the Yamuna Riverfront Project in Vrindavan, has now become the dream project of the Yogi governement as well. But the problem is,...
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The guardians of Radha Kund and Mahaprabhu’s love for Shiva
SRI RADHAKUND (Sakhicharan Das): Radhakund is protected in all four directions by Mahadev. The two most ancient mandirs are Kundeshwar Mahadev and Bankhandi Mahadev. When coming to Radhakund it is best...
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Vraja Vilasa :: May the birds of Braj delight us
May the birds of Braj, who are so dear to Sri Radha and Krishna, who know Them very well and who increase Their happiness with their sweet singing, delight us with their merciful glance. Verse 71:...
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For four days, Vrindavan to remain closed to outside traffic
Vrindavan, 2017.07.21 (VT): From the Saturday before Hariyali Amavasya, Vrindavan will remain closed to outside traffic. Five parking areas will be provided on the edge of the town, where pilgrims will...
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‘Totka’, prayers for rain becomes a fashion in Mathura, Agra
Agra, 2017.07.21 (Anuja Jaiswall, TNN): With rains still eluding many UP districts, including Mathura and Agra, people are resorting to “totka” and prayers to appease the rain gods. Ever since last...
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