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Vrindavan Research Institute to put manuscripts online

March 12, 2018 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Vrindavan Research Institute to put manuscripts online

Vrindavan, 2018.03.12 (VT) VRI is about to open its doors to the world by uploading the 30,000 manuscripts onto cloud storage. While the documents will not be available to be shared freely, they will be available to scholars for online viewing. VRI president, R. D. Paliwal said that around 30,000 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Literature Tagged With: Acharya Srivatsa Goswami, Director Satish Chandra Dikshit, District Magistrate Sarvagyaram Mishra, Dr SP, FCA Manoharlal Chaturvedi, Lakshminarayan Chaudhary, Padmashree Mohanswaroop Bhatia, R.D. Paliwal, Radhakrishna Pathak, S.K. Sharma, Sushila Gupta, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI), ZBR

Digest: Hundreds arrive on doorstep after girl says Sri Krishna is coming to marry her

November 25, 2017 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Digest: Hundreds arrive on doorstep after girl says Sri Krishna is coming to marry her

Hundreds arrive on doorstep after girl says Sri Krishna is coming to marry her. In a display of faith and devotion that is rare in this world (but more common in Braj), hundreds of villagers camped outside the house of a 17 year old girl who said that Sri Krishna would come to marry her at midnight. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime, Famous Visitors, News, Politics Tagged With: Assistant Block Resource Co-ordinator Rajendra Singh, Hema Malini, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Digest: Students from Newtown US to visit Vrindavan.

November 24, 2017 by Jennifer Michael Leave a Comment

Digest: Students from Newtown US to visit Vrindavan.

Students from Newtown US to visit Vrindavan. Param Pujya Didima’s work to empower women and girls is now reaching students in America. After Didima visited a US school, the faculty decided to send some teachers to visit Vatsalyagram Vrindavan in order to research whether it would be a suitable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime, News, Special Events, Women's Issues Tagged With: farmer robbed, helmets, US teachers in Vatsalyagram, Vinay Kumar, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Digest: Gopal Guru advises: bathroom chanting is okay.

October 31, 2017 by Jennifer Michael Leave a Comment

Digest: Gopal Guru advises: bathroom chanting is okay.

Gopal Guru advises: bathroom chanting is okay.  Today is the disappearance day of Gopal Guru (Makaradhvaja Pandit). It was celebrated at his ashram in the Bamshi Bat area of Vrindavan. Makaradhvaja was a disciple of Vakreshwar Pandit. When he was just a boy, he saw someone holding his tongue to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Agriculture, History, Museums, News, Special Events, Women's Issues Tagged With: Ganga canal, Gopal Guru Disappearance day, Kamsa Vadh Mela, Makaradhvaja Pandit, Patanjali women's Yoga course, Tirth Purohit, Vamshi Vat, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Today’s Digest: Thakurji’s Boardgame; Yama Dvitiya Preparations; National Ayurveda Day, and more…

October 18, 2017 by Jennifer Michael Leave a Comment

Today’s Digest: Thakurji’s Boardgame; Yama Dvitiya Preparations; National Ayurveda Day, and more…

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.  The Goswamis at Radha Vallabha temple act as stand-ins for Radha-Krishna and play the game while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Festivals, Politics, Snana, Temple activities, Temples Tagged With: Ayurveda, Bhai Dooj, Bhai Duja, Dhanvantri, DM Arvind Malappa Bangari, Dr Rajesh Sharma, Gopeshwarnath Chaturvedi, Hanuman Jayanti, Municipal Commissioner Dr. Ujjwal Kumar, National Ayurveda Day, Radha Vallabha, reservation of Mayor seat, Singhpur Hanuman, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI), Yama Dvitiya, Yamuna Action Plan (YAP)

National Museum Director visits VRI museum

September 10, 2017 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

National Museum Director visits VRI museum

Vrindavan, 2017.09.10 (DJ): "The Braj Culture Museum of the Vrindavan Research Institute is not only valuable for local or national researchers, but will be of interest to people from around the globe. Its collections -- the art objects and manuscripts inspired by Braj culture, which are preserved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Famous Visitors, Heritage, Museums Tagged With: B.R. Mani (National Museum), Braj Culture Museum, Satish Chandra Dixit, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

VRI to preserve broken stone inscription from British period

June 29, 2017 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

VRI to preserve broken stone inscription from British period

Vrindavan, 2017.06.29 (VT with reference to Hindustan News): Yesterday’s news about the broken stone tablet created quite a stir. The Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI) came forward yesterday with an offer to preserve the stone, which is inscribed with an British order from 1866 that bans hunting in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accidents, Archeological sites, Culture, Feature Articles, Heritage, History, Museums, News Tagged With: British Raj, hunting ban, meat, police, Stone Inscription, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Vrindavan Research Institute: “No research, no help for researchers”

November 14, 2016 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Vrindavan Research Institute: “No research, no help for researchers”

Vrindavan, 2016.11.14 (VT): Thousands of devotees visit the ISKCON temple in Vrindavan every day, but out of them, very few even notice a large gate just a few metres away with the name “Vrindavan Research Institute” written on the top. Even less people know that inside the library there lies the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Education, Feature Articles, Literature, Museums Tagged With: Brajbhushan Chaturvedi, manuscript collections, Satyanarayana Das, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Sacred manuscripts of Radha Vallabh community to become a part of Braj Sanskriti Vishwakosh

September 5, 2016 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Sacred manuscripts of Radha Vallabh community to become a part of Braj Sanskriti Vishwakosh

Vrindavan 2016.09.02 (VT): The Vrindavan Research Institute organised a seminar yesterday in relation to the Braj Sankriti Vishwakosh (Encyclopedia of Braj Culture). In the seminar, sacred manuscripts from Radha Vallabh community that have been written about in the Vishwakosh were discussed. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Feature Articles, Literature Tagged With: Braj Sanskrit Vishwakosh, Radha Vallabha sampradaya, Radhesh Lal Goswami, Satish Chandra Dixit, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

‘Exhibition on wheels’ to spread the message of Lord Chaitanya

February 10, 2016 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

‘Exhibition on wheels’ to spread the message of Lord Chaitanya

Vrindavan, 2016. 02. 10 (V.T): An exhibition on wheels will travel to various places where Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu stopped en route to Vrindavan 500 years ago. It will also travel to some other places of Bengal where Mahaprabhu went besides travelling to the National Capital in Delhi and the State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Feature Articles, Kirtan, Sacred life Tagged With: 500th anniversary of Chaitanya in Braj, Tamal Krishna Brahmachari, Vrindavan Research Institute, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Insight into Jiva Goswami’s library: New research from VRI

January 12, 2016 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Insight into Jiva Goswami’s library: New research from VRI

Vrindavan, 2016.01.10 ( DJ): Five hundred years ago, before there was any printing technology, books were produced by professional or amateur copyists who wrote with pen and ink on various different surfaces —- hand made paper, palm leaves or birch bark, materials which were often hard to come by. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Feature Articles, History, Museums Tagged With: 500th anniversary of Chaitanya in Braj, Jiva Goswami, manuscripts, National Mission for Manuscripts, Pragati Sharma, Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Sri Krishna land offered a slew of developmental projects

July 2, 2015 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

Sri Krishna land offered a slew of developmental projects

Mathura, 2015.081 (IANS):A slew of projects, including widening of roads, were on Wednesday promised for the twin towns of Mathura and Vrindavan – also known as Braj or Sri Krishna land – to convert the area into a developmental hub. Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan, at the end of his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Development, Drains and Sewage Treatment, Poverty and Economic Development, Roads and Traffic Congestion, Tourism Tagged With: Akhilesh Yadav, Alok Ranjan (UP Chief Secretary), Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority (MVDA), Muriya Mela, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Termites infesting Vrindavan’s aged trees

November 28, 2014 by Jagannath Poddar Leave a Comment

Termites infesting Vrindavan’s aged trees

Vrindavan, 2014.11.27 (VT): The heritage trees of Vrindavan are in grave danger of going extinct as a result of termite infestation. Although there are not all that many trees left in Vrindavan as they have been sacrificed to the so-called development and the greed of real estate speculators. A few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BVHA, Feature Articles, Friends of Vrindavan, Tree Cutting and Planting, Uncategorized Tagged With: dream project, Forestry Department (Mathura), National Green Tribunal, Sushri Mayawati, Vrindavan Parikrama Marg, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

The oldest copy of Chaitanya Charitamrita

December 19, 2011 by VT Staff Leave a Comment

The oldest copy of Chaitanya Charitamrita

Vrindavan, 2011.12.17 (Indradyumna Swami, Dandavats): In an old temple tucked away in a street near Loi Bazaar in Vrindavan is the oldest existing copy of Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja Goswami’s epic Caitanya Caritamrta. Over 350 years old, it sits in a cabinet in a room near the alter. In 1982, Sri … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Feature Articles, Literature Tagged With: Chaitanya Charitamrita, Govinda Sankar Sharma, Hari Shankar Das, Loi Bazaar, Mahanta Hari Shankar Das, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

Encyclopedia of Braj Culture workshop comes to a close

December 3, 2011 by admin 2 Comments

Encyclopedia of Braj Culture workshop comes to a close

Vrindavan, 2011.12.01 (VT): The two-day workshop for the Encyclopedia of Braj Culture (Braj Sanskriti Vishwakosh) held at the Vrindavan Research Institute came to a close on Monday. In his closing speech, the head of the editorial board, well-known writer on Hindi language and literature, Dr. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Education, Literature, Museums Tagged With: Encyclopedia of Braj Culture (Braj Sanskriti Vishwakosh, Harimohan Malaviya, Hemendra Sharma, Mahesh Narayan Sharma, Surya Prasad Dixit, Vrindavan Research Institute (VRI)

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