On Supreme Court order, grant for widows hiked by 292%
New Delhi, 2016.04.12 (TOI): Nine years ago, the TOI story ‘White Shadows of Vrindavan’ spurred an NGO to move a PIL in the Supreme Court for improving the pitiable condition of widows abandoned by...
View ArticleR. D. Paliwal: Drainage sytem will be developed parellel to Yamuna
Vrindavan 2016.04.12 (VT): CEO of Braj Development Board and a member of the committee formed by the Chief Secretary, Mr. R. D. Paliwal announced yesterday that the drainage system in Vrindavan will be...
View ArticleNoopur temple to be built at Shyamananda samadhi
Vrindavan, 2016.04.12 (VT): Thousands of devotees visit Shri Shri Radha Shyam Sundar Temple, situated in Seva Kunj area of Shridham Vrindavan, to have darshan of Shri Shyam Sundar Ji (Lala Ji)...
View Article16 Crore sanctioned for Heritage City Development in Mathura
Mathura, 2016.04.12 (VT): The Detailed Project Report (DPR) to develop a heritage city near Shri Krishna’s birth place in Mathura, has been approved at district level with 16 crores allotted amount....
View ArticleYamuna Chatth celebration in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.04.13 (VT): Yamuna Chatth was celebrated grandly in the holy city of Vrindavan. During the celebration at Keshi Ghat yesterday, Chairman of the Municipal Corporation, Mr. Mukesh Gautam...
View ArticleShree Shree Ravishankar in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.04.13 (VT): Influential spiritual teacher and founder of the worldwide Art of Living movement, Shree Shree Ravishankar was in Vrindavan yesterday. During his discourse at Swami Vishnu...
View Article200 Crore to develop area around Bankey Bihari
Vrindavan 2016.04.14 (VT): The World Bank is lending 200 crore rupees to develop the area around the world famous Bankey Bihari temple, with the purpose of boosting tourism. The World Bank’s...
View ArticleSolar lighting for the Yamuna riverfront
Vrindavan 2016.0415 (VT): State Government is preparing to have solar powered lights at the Yamuna river fronts. The work has already been started and is expected to go for a year, post which the river...
View ArticleSewage lines break: More untreated waste flows into Yamuna
Vrindavan 2016.05.15 (VT): The critical condition of the sewer lines in Vrindavan is one of the sore spots in keeping Yamuna pollution free. Until the problem has been resolved here in Vrindavan, where...
View ArticleAsli Vrindavan Series (1) : Namdev Kaladhari Bageecha, Vishram Kund, and...
Fifteen years ago during my first visit to Vrindavan, a baba I met at the Radha Raman mandir told me about the Tatia-sthan ashram and gave me a tour of it that left an indelible impression on me. I...
View ArticleRama’s birthday celebrated in the city of Krishna
Mathura 2016.04.16 (VT): The birth of Lord Ram was celebrated grandly, in the city of Lord Krishna. People started singing prayers, as the priests started doing abhishek of the deities. At evening,...
View ArticleYogi Amrit Desai passes through Vrindavan, meets with Satyanarayana Dasaji
Vrindavan, 2016.04.15 (VT): Yogi Amrit Desai, one of the pioneers of modern yoga in the West, is currently traveling through India with a number of American disciples and made a quick visit to...
View ArticleRSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in Vrindavan
Vrindavan 2016.05.16 (VT): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat is in Vrindavan for a two day visit, for which he reached the Keshav Dham at Chaitanya Vihar on Friday. He met the saints, politicians, MPs &...
View ArticleBhagwat and RSS support priests opposing move to acquire Bankey
Vrindavan 2016.04.18 (VT): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, who was in Vrindavan for two days, visited the Bankey Bihari temple on Saturday. The temple heads met the RSS chief and informed him about the...
View ArticleWe want pure Yamuna water from Hathani Kund: Jai Krishna Das
With the recent announcement by government officials that they will finally build a sewage canal or sewer parallel to the Yamuna in the Vrindavan-Mathura area, we at VT decided to go and see Sant Jai...
View ArticleKrishna Balaram temple celebrates 41st anniversary
Vrindavan, 2016.04.16 (VT): This year Lord Ramacandra’s appearance day fell on April 15th. This is one of the major festivasls at the Krishna-Balaram temple, as it was on Ram Naumi that A.C....
View ArticleWorld Heritage Day remembered in Heritage City
Mathura, Vrindavan 2016.04.18 (VT): Mathura is among the oldest cities in the world, where Lord Krishna is said to have lived over 5000 years ago. The Central Government has selected Mathura for...
View ArticleHead of Adi Chunchanagiri Math visits Chandrodaya Mandir
Vrindavan, April 18, 2016: Swami Nirmalanandanatha, the head of the Shri Adi Chunchanagiri Mahasamsthan Math of Karnataka visited Vrindavan on Monday. During his tour he paid respect to Thakur Shri...
View Article84 Kos Parikrama started after worshiping Yamuna
Vrindavan 2016.04.19 (VT): Devotees from the round the country worshiped the holy river of Yamuna on Monday and started the 84 Kos Parikrama (the full circuit) of Braja. Srimad Bhagavata speaker...
View ArticleBanke Bihari’s phul bungalow season is here
Vrindavan, 2016.04.19 (VT): The heat is rising and we are almost at summer temperatures in the high 40’s. With news that this year is setting out to be the hottest in history at a rate of increase as...
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