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Today’s Digest: Ramdev Baba’s abhishek offering; Protesters charged;...
Ramdev Baba at Sankarshan Kund. After the opening of the meditation center at Nikunj Van Ashram, with CM Yogi Adidyanath, Ramdev Baba went to Sankarshan Kund, Goverdhan, to participate in the abhishek...
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Vraja Vilasa 79 :: All the lakes and ponds around Govardhan
I praise all the wonderful lakes and ponds around Govardhan hill, such as Baladeva Kund, Kadamba Khand, Kusum Sarovar, Rudra Kund, Apsara Kund, Gauri Tirtha, Chandra Sarovara, Rina-papa-mochana Kund,...
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The Vrindavan Ecological Concept and the Seven Levels of Human Ecology
The most prominent doctrinal presentations of Vaishnavism build on scholarship into the aesthetics of rasa (bliss, delight) and the role of leela (play) in Krishna worship. The Vaishnava poets who...
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Govinda Lilamrita :: Riddle game interlude
Praheli-vinoda Khanda :: Riddle games Rasa-taraṅginī Tīkā: Although Sri Rupa Goswami’s sutra mentions prahelis (riddles), Govinda-līlāmṛta hasn’t included them. But since they form a part of the...
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Today’s Digest: Karttik events; Grants for Composting; Akhilesh Yadav visits,...
Energy minister lights lamp. Saturday 9pm: Energy minister Srikant Sharma lit the aarati lamp at the Anand Festival held at Gayaal Smruti Bhawan, Thana Road. Kosikalan. Crowds gathered to see the...
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Govinda Lilamrita :: Yamuna pulina and merry-go-round
47 As Krishna and the gopis sit beneath Vamshivata, they look towards the beautiful Yamuna, who sees them and her thirst to experience the joy of gazing at them becomes exceedingly great. So she laughs...
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Today’s Digest: Bahulastami at Radha Kund; Peacock dance; Film shooting, and...
Bahulastami Preparations. Safety preparations are underway for the Bahulastami festival to be held on October 12th. Bahulastami is the festival where couples take snarn (bath) in Radha Kund and make a...
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Narottam Das Thakur’s Disappearance Day
Shri Radha-Gokulananda Ju Vrindavan, 2017.10.11 (VT): Yesterday the disappearance day of Shri Narottam Das Thakur was celebrated at the Shri Radha-Gokulananda temple in Vrindavan. An enchanting program...
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Govinda Lilamrita :: Maha Rasa
68 Thus Rasika Murari enjoyed the merry-go-round dancing with his priya sanginis. But as the desire awakens to enjoys a more special Rasa lila, he gets down from the chakra 69 and goes to the Yamuna...
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Today’s Digest: Environmentalist MP rides cycle; Yamuna Expressway Alert, and...
Damodar Temple in Damodar month. The usually crowded Radha Damodar temple is now bursting with thousands of people doing parikrama of Sanatan Goswami’s Goverdhan Shila. Kanika Goswami and Krishna...
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Narottam Das Thakur’s prayers for Braja-vasa
Narottam Das’s disappearance day was celebrated at his samadhi at the Gokulananda temple in the old town. Vishakha Devi has nicely described the outlines of Narottam Das’s life, which on reading we...
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Today’s Digest: Haridas’ musical ecstacy; Restrictions on fireworks; Illegal...
Swami Haridas’ music creates spiritual ecstasy. Among the many wonderful devotional programs this Kartik, JSR Madhukar is performing all of the verses of Swami Haridas’ ‘Kelimal’. Swami Haridas is most...
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Govinda-lilamrita: Rasa-lila musicology
This section of Govinda-līlāmṛta contains a great deal of information taken from the Sanskrit texts on music, namely it would seem Saṅgīta-darpaṇa. Not much additional information is given, so the main...
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Hit Ambarishji: Exclusive commitment to Radha’s service is rasika devotion
Vrindavan, 2017.10.12 (VT): The annual celebrations surround Hit Das Swami‘s birthday celebrations are taking on a special flavor this year as it is the 100th anniversary of his appearance. This year a...
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The Midnight Magic of Bahulashtami
Devotees staked out their places on the Kund’s bank hours in advance. Radha Kund, 2017.10.13 (VT): Yesterday was a special day of Kartik which is significant for bathing in Radha Kund, and that day is...
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Today’s Digest: Greening Vrindavan; 40 kg sweets destroyed; GST on Diwali...
Ramesh Baba speaks about Braj Culture. Yesterday, as Ramesh Baba’s Radha Rani Parikrama reached Kosikalan, Babaji addressed the 15,000+ pilgrims whose tour of Braj is being facilitated by Maan Mandir....
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Colloquium on the future of the Rasa Lila tradition
Vrindavan, 2017.10.13 (VT): On Thursday, as a part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of Swami Hit Das’s appearance, a meeting of sadhus and sants from around Vrindavan was held to discuss the issue...
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Govinda-Lilamrita :: Govinda-lilamrita: Rasa-lila musicology (Part II)
91-92 When they dance the Vraja nitambinis show different hand mudrās such as a flag, a triple banner, a swan’s head, a betelnut clipper, a parrot’s head, a deer’s head, a pincers, a katari mukha, a...
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Govinda Lilamrita Raas : Radha and Krishna reverse roles
After finishing the chapter with its commentary, we follow with a look at some of the other lilas described for this time period in the two other major Gaudiya works on the ashta-kala lila, namely...
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Mayor’s seat reserved for scheduled castes in first Mathura-Vrindavan election
Vrindavan, 2017.10.14 (VT): Late Thursday evening the election commission announced that the first mayor of Mathura-Vrindavan Nagar Nigam must be from a scheduled caste. The announcement adds more...
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