Shailjakant Mishra brings hope that Vrindavan’s Mokshadham may finally be built
Vrindavan, 2018.02.10 (VT) During a visit to the current cremation ground on Friday, Shailjakant Mishra, Vice President of the Braj Tirth Vikas Parishad (BTVP) said that all efforts will be made to...
View ArticleYogi inaugurates ‘Go Gram’ project, says Braj will be center of cow...
Braj, 2018.02.12 (VT) On Sunday, CM Yogi spoke at a Vrindavan goshala before flying to Mathura to inaugurate a 100 bed hostel for students of Mathura Veterinary University and Cow Research Center....
View ArticleBraj Dulah temple and the ancient tradition of Lathmar Holi
Barsana, 2018.02.12 (VT) Braj Dulah temple was established 250 years ago to commemorate Krishna’s Lathmar Holi lilas. Local legend has it that, seeing the gopis coming towards him with sticks (laths)...
View ArticleBraj’s eight expansions
Vrindavan, 2018.02.12 (VT) If you ask any one who has ever been to Braj the question, “How many Vrindavans are there?”, you will probably get the answer, “Two” – Golok Vrindavan and the Vrindavan on...
View ArticleTulsidas: Without the Grace of Lord Shiva, no one can perceive the Supreme
Vrindavan, 2018.02.13 (VT) Today Mahashivaratri is being celebrated in India and across Braj. In Vrindavan, Lord Shiva is revered as Gopeshwar (Lord of the Gopis) and local legend has it that Sri...
View ArticleUP court sentences two for raping Odisha pilgrim in Radha Rani Temple
Barsana, 2018.02.13 (OST) Five months after a widow from Odisha was gang raped on a temple premises in holy town of Braj in Uttar Pradesh, a fast-track court sentenced two accused to 40 years in...
View ArticleDetails of CM Yogi’s plan to protect India’s cows, villages and rivers
Braj, 2018.02.13 (HT) Stressing the conservation of ‘gau, gram and Ganga’ (cow, village and river Ganga) here on Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that a ‘gaushala’ would be set up in every...
View ArticleOfficer miraculously survives after gangster’s bullet hits phone
Barsana, 2018.02.12 (VT) When the police SWAT team reached a gangster hideout in Janu village Barsana, gangsters began firing on the officers. Officer Daroga Sultan Singh was wounded in the chest and...
View ArticleVrindavan’s ancient Shiva temples
2018.02.14 (VT) This year Maha Shivaratri is being celebrated over two days. The majority of pilgrims who have brought Ganga water to offer to Lord Shiva in Braj are making the offering today. Many...
View ArticleGovernment doctors seeing up to 300 patients per day
Mathura, 2018.02.14 (VT) Patients are lining up in a queue of up to 100 people in order get a 1 minute consultation at Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati District Hospital due to a shortage of doctors....
View ArticleHoli Cultural festival cancelled due to lack of co-operation from locals
Mathura, 2018.02.14 (VT) Hema Malini has cancelled the planned ‘Holi Cultural festival’, which was to be held on the banks of the Yamuna. Malini had gathered a long list of big names to perform at the...
View ArticleRiverside architectural heritage dying a silent death in Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2018.02.14 (VT): Cities are built by its people, by infrastructure and by services. But cities are also built on their past. If not, what would Delhi be without Lal Quila; Jaipur without...
View ArticleVrindavan Today Foundation to host dance event on 23rd
Vrindavan, 2017.01.01 (VT): A group of 3 Bharatanatyam soloists, who are dedicated to the promotion and development of dance as a devotional offering, will perform in Vrindavan. The event is being...
View ArticleRamdev Baba in Mathura for Gopal Jayanti
Mathura, 2018.02.15 (VT) On Friday a ‘sant samelian’ is being held at Raman Reti Ashram, Mathura, in the lead up to Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s death anniversary on 19th February. Thousands of long...
View ArticleBarsana women training for Lathmar Holi
Barsana, 2018.02.16 (VT) Women in Barsana are undergoing training to increase their strength so that they will be able to play Lathmar Holi for up to 4 hours. Women are eating almonds in the morning...
View ArticleChief Katha speakers of India gather in Gokul for 5 days
Gokul, 2018.02.16 (VT) Braj’s chief Katha speakers, Maluk Pithadishwar Rajendra Das, and Sadhvi Ritambara Didima as well as speakers from across India including Ramesh Bhai Ojha Maharaj and Yoga Guru...
View ArticleAdditional rail line for Mathura line and 5000 trees to be planted in place...
Mathura, 2018.02.16 (VT) An additional rail track is proposed for the Delhi to Agra via Mathura line. Unfortunately 452 trees need to be cut down in order to make space for the new rail tracks. North...
View ArticleMedicine to be delivered free of cost to elderly
Mathura, 2018.02.18 (VT) Seeing the difficulties faced by elderly mothers in getting medicines, two NGOs are starting a delivery service to relieve them of the tension of worrying about how to get to a...
View ArticleRasa Lila Acharya, poet and singer, Ramswarup Sharma enters the eternal lila
Barsana, 2018.02.17 (VT) Padmashri Ramacharya Swami Ramswarup Sharma is being remembered fondly by Brajwasis today for his contributions to Braj’s culture, Rasa Lila and folk songs. Ramswarupa Swami...
View ArticleSapta Devalaya temple procession for Shri Atul Krishna Goswamiji’s Smriti...
Vrindavan, 16.02.2018 (Anjana Aggarwal) Today, on the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of Manmadhav Gaudeshwar Vaishnavacharya Shri Atul Krishna Goswamiji Maharaj, Shrimad Bhagwatam and...
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