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Today’s Digest contains: Radha Rani’s festival; Mathura exports statues, and...
Radha Rani’s Annual festival in Rawal. Priya Priyatam temple in Rawal, held its annual 56 bhog festival yesterday. Gujarati Baba presided over the program, which included a day-long kirtan and gift...
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Today’s Digest: Foreigner’s cleaning project; Widow remarriage ceremony, and...
Foreigners volunteer to clean Braj. Braj Vrindavan Act Now has stepped up its efforts to keep Braj clean. The organization’s founder, Paramadvaiti Swami, has an intense love for Braj, which helps him...
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Vraja Vilasa 80 : Govinda Sthala Yoga Peeth
Ah, Gandharvika and Girivaradhari are beaming with bright smiles from the pleasures of swinging together. There the sakhis are swinging them, their joy clearly visible. I worship that place which is...
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Govinda Lilamrita : Raas Interlude Abhisaar
Here are some Rasa lila kirtan padas. The following selection by Govinda Das is famous, for no Rasa kirtan pala or program can begin without this invocation of the lila. Rāsa Abhisāra śarada canda,...
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Show-cause notice to UP Chief Secretary for failing to prevent pollution in...
Vrindavan, 2017.10.15 (VT): The Allahabad High Court issued a show-cause notice to the U.P. Chief Secretary and others for non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s order to end pollution of the river...
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Radharamanji reveals solution to plastic waste problem
Vrindavan, 2017.10.16 (VT): Although the NGT and the High Court have banned the use of polythene in Vrindavan, use of plastic bags continues. Raids are executed from time to time, and business owners...
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Vrindavan prepares for Diwali
Vrindavan, 2017.10.16 (VT): Diwali is one of the most important festivals in Vrindavan, just as it is for Hindus the world over. The whole town is in high gear preparing for the sacred festival of...
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Today’s Digest: Kund unveiled; Elephant festival; Dhanteras preparations, and...
Anjani Kund’s mysteries revealed. Saturday, Chameli Van, Hodal: Braj Foundation officials and special guests laid the foundation stone for the renovation of Anjani kund. The renovation of kunds leads...
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After civil marriage, widow opts for traditional wedding to fight social stigma
Gaurav Saigal Hindustan Times, Lucknow A young widow who tied the knot a second time in a civil ceremony in 2014 will now go through the motions of marriage all over again – this time in a religious...
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Mansarovar to be developed by Braj Teerth Vikash Parishad
Vrindavan, 2017.10.16 (VT): The Braj Teerth Vikash Parishad has announced plans to develop Mansarovar, one of Braj’s holy lakes, as a tourist destination. BTVP vice-president Shailjakant Mishra and CEO...
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Historic Govind Dev Temple threatened by illegal construction
P.C. Govind Dev Ji Temple Daily Darshan Vrindavan, 2017.10.17 (VT): The Govind Dev Temple is one of the most important and historic temples of Vrindavan. Built entirely of red sandstone with an...
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Cow smugglers nabbed in leadup to Govardhan Pooja
Vrindavan, 2017.10.17 (VT): All of Braj is gearing up for Diwali and Govardhan Pooja, the special day for worshipping Shri Krishna as Govardhan Hill – the protector and nourisher of the cows and the...
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Govinda Lilamrita Raas :: Dancing to the beat
Chapter Twenty-Three :: Nisha Lila (Continued Midnight Pastimes) 10:48 p.m.—3:36 a.m. Rasa Lila, Madhu-pana, Rati-keli, Jala-vihara, Shriṅgara, Nisha-bhojan, Shayana and the Sakhis’ Seva. 1 Thereafter,...
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Gopinath Temple Hosts Widow’s Marriage Ceremony
The ancient Shri Radha-Gopinath Temple, Vrindavan Vrindavan, 2017.10.17 (VT): It was the landslides of Kedarnath that took Vinita’s husband away. That was in 2013. After remaining in her in-laws’ home...
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Today’s Digest: Vision of Yamuna Devi; Bihariji’s winter timings;...
A transcendental vision of Yamuna Devi. Sunday: Ramesh Baba’s Radha Rani Parikrama reached the Yamuna at Kosikalan. Many of the devotees were disturbed by the garbage that they could see in the river,...
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Why you must celebrate Diwali to avoid Divaliya (bankruptcy)
It is said that Diwali is celebrated to mark the day when Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. So, why isn’t Rama worshiped on Diwali? Why do we worship Goddess Lakshmi and Lord...
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How Radha and Krishna celebrate Diwali in Eternal Vrindavan – from Siddha...
Earlier we shared the Diwali Lila from Shri Radha’ Baba’s book Keli Kunj. The following lila from Siddha Krishnada’s Baba’s Gutika is a little less in-depth and more logistical in nature, but it gives...
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More than remarriage, widows need economic opportunity
This week the story of Vinita Devi dominated Vrindavan’s news. The young woman, who was widowed in the Kedarnath landslides, and married again this week with the full support of Sulabh International...
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Keshi Ghat is crumbling due to lack of care
Vrindavan, 2017.10.18 (VT): Vrindavan’s picturesque Keshi Ghat is the last of the ghats to touch Yamuna as concrete rises on her floodplain. It is also one of the most iconic sights in the holy city,...
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Today’s Digest: Thakurji’s Boardgame; Yama Dvitiya Preparations; National...
Radha Vallabha plays boardgames. Radha Vallabha, one of Vrindavan’s most ancient Thakurjis, celebrates Kartik by sitting in a special silver window and playing chaupad (a board game) with Radha Rani....
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