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Hindu-Muslim harmony shows in Janmastami preparations
Vrindavan, 2017.08.02 (VT referencing DJ): The whole of Braj is getting ready to celebrate the birthday of everyone’s beloved Shri Krishna. A major part of the Janmastami preparation in Braj is the...
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Panic in Mathura villages after braids of four women mysteriously chopped off
Agra, 2017.08.02 (Anuja Jaiswall, TNN): After Rajasthan, Haryana and outer Delhi, four incidents of hair being mysteriously chopped off were reported from villages in Mathura in the past three days,...
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Hysteria over braid cutting leads to woman’s death
Vrindavan, 2017.08.03 (VT): Maan Devi, aged 60, didn’t have a bathroom at home. So at four o’clock in the morning she headed out towards the fields, as she did every day, to ease the call of nature....
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Seva Aparadhs Forgiven on Pavitra Ekadashi
A readymade pavitra (P.C. Radhika Goswami) Vrindavan, 2017.08.03 (VT): Today is Pavitra Ekadshi. Pavitra Ekadashi is also known as Pavitropan Ekadashi or Shravani Putrada Ekadashi. Some perform a vrat...
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Jhulan Yatra – The Swing Festival
[Hindol Utsav or Jhulan Yatra starts on Hariyali Teej in Braj and lasts until Raksha Bandhan/Jhulan Purnima. In ISKCON and some Gaudiya Maths, the festival begins today on Pavitra Ekadashi.] Vrindavan,...
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Woman dies after falling into open sewer
2017.08.05 (VT): In Kosi Kalan on Friday Morning, a woman fell into a large open sewer while defecating in public and died. Reports say the woman had an epileptic seizure, which caused the woman to...
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Widows ask PM for new law against abandoning elderly parents
Vrindavan, 2017.08.05 (VT): On Raksha Bandhan, four widows from Vrindavan will go to Delhi, where they will tie rakhis on the wrists of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ramnath Kovind. During...
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Srila Roop Goswami’s Disappearance Day
Yesterday was the disappearance day of Srila Roop Goswami. Vrindavan, 2017.08.04 (From a lecture by B.V. Narayan Maharaj): Even though there are so many great acharyas, Srila Roop Goswami has been...
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Siddha Manohar Das Babaji Maharaj: a brief bio on his disappearance day
Vrindavan, 2017.08.05 (Sakhicharan Das): Today is the disappearance day (tirobhav tithi) of Sri Sri 108 Siddha Manohar Das Babaji Maharaj of Govind Kund. His life was a remarkable celebration of...
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Radharani fulfills her devotee’s desire: the passing of Karunakar Baba
Vrindavan, 2017.08.06 (VT): Today after a long time I went to Bhagwat Niwas. Usually there is Harikatha at the time I went. But when I arrived, the ashram was silent. The sounds of kirtan did not waft...
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Illegal road obstructs Yamuna’s way to return back to its old course
Vrindavan, 2017.08.06 (VT): With the monsoon fully active in North India, the Yamuna is flowing near its favorite ghats in Vrindavan. The river is desperate to come back to its natural course, which is...
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Vrindavan – Mathura merger unconstitutional: Chaturvedi
Vrindavan, 2017.08.01 (VT): Vrindavan lovers breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday as the Allahabad High Court accepted the petition challenging the merger of the Vrindavan and Mathura civic bodies....
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Ascetics rejoice as Yamuna again flows at Keshi Ghat
Vrindavan, 2017.08.07 (VT): Ascetics rejoiced as the Yamuna’s waves once again lapped against her favorite, Keshi Ghat. Thousands of devout Hindus led by the priests of Shri Dham Vrindavan plunged into...
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Swing festival ends, temples close early due to lunar eclipse
Vrindavan, 2017.08.08 (VT): Shri Radha and Krishna’s annual swing festival ended yesterday on the full moon day (purnima). The swing festival, also known as Hindol Utsav or Jhulan Yatra, started on...
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MP Hema Malini celebrates Raksha Bandhan with street children
Vrindavan, 2017.08.08 (VT): Minister of Parliament and Bollywood film star Hema Malini celebrated Raksha Bandhan with street children in Mathura on Monday. This is the first time since becoming MP that...
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Gajendra Moksha Lila celebrated in the morning due to lunar eclipse
Vrindavan, 2017.08.09 (VT): Vrindavan is the land of festivities. It is a living heritage filled with the culture of temples. Every day this temple town has one celebration or the other. Some temples...
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Mathura on high alert leading up to Janmastami
Vrindavan, 2017.08.09 (VT): Mathura is on high alert against terrorist activities in the days leading up to Janmastami. Security is being beefed up in preparation for the day of Shri Krishna’s birth,...
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Special Darshans: Thakurji transitions from the swing festival back to his...
Vrindavan, 2017.08.09 (VT): Every year Shri Radha and Krishna enjoy their swing festival (jhulan yatra) from Hariyali Teej to Shravan Purnima. On the day after the swing festival ends, the Divine...
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Selfie-related accident in Barsana, two girls in critical condition
Vrindavan, 2017.08.10 (VT): Many visitors to Vrindavan are infected by the “selfie craze”. Obsessed with taking the perfect “selfie”, people can tend to lose consciousness of their surroundings. Some...
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Drones to be utilized for crowd surveillance on Janmashtami
Vrindavan, 2017.08.10 (VT): Security forces in Mathura are on high alert against possible terrorist attacks as Janmashtami, the day of Lord Krishna’s birth, coincides with Independence Day this year....
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