Vrindavana

Evening Kirtan at Gopal Bhatta Goswami’s Samadhi

Evening Kirtan at Gopal Bhatta Goswami’s Samadhi

Fragrant Radha Kunda

“May that very charming and especially fragrant Radha-kunda, where intoxicated with love the Divine Couple and the sakhis daily sport with great joy in the water so fragrant with exquisite lotus flowers, be the sole shelter of my life.” [ Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, Sri Radha-kundastakam ]

O my desire to stay in Vrindavan

“O my desire, if you are determined to stay in Vrindavan, then do it. I shall remain here with no other concern. I do not care for happiness, distress, mental anguish, pious deeds, freedom from sin, or the splendor of pure devotional service to Lord Hari’s lotus feet.” [ Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati, Sri Vrindavan Mahimamrta, [...]

Rather live in Vrindavan

‎”I would rather live in Vrindavan as insect than live elsewhere as a liberated soul with an eternal body full of knowledge and bliss. I would rather live in Vrindavan as the poorest of the poor than live elsewhere with unlimited opulences.

Home Again

After arriving back in Vrindavan I immediately went on parikrama to again absorb the deep spiritual mood of it’s residents, deities, animals and sacred places. Camera in hand, I caught the colors, emotions, movements and moods of everything that touched my heart and caught my eye. I am pleased to share it with all of [...]

My Radha Govinda Today In Vrindavan

My Radha Govinda with buckets of color for Holi,which is being celebrated today here in Vrindavan along with Gaura Purnima. The colors are flying!

From the Memoirs of F.S. Growse – A British Civil Servant in India, 1874

“Of all the sacred places in India, none enjoys a greater popularity than the capital of Braj – the holy city of Mathura. For nine months in the year festival follows festival in rapid succession, and the ghats and temples are daily thronged with new troops of way-worn pilgrims. So great is the sanctity of [...]

Nityananda Nectar

Today, on the celebration of the appearance of Lord Nityananda prabhu, we visited Nityananda Vata – the place that Lord Nityananda stayed for some time when He was visiting Vrindavan, prior to Lord Caitanya’s beginning the samkirtan movement.

Singing the Pastimes

“It was the practice of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi to compose poetry about the incidents that occurred in the forest when Krsna performed His different activities of killing the asuras. They would compose all the stories in poetry or have this done by professional poets, and then they would sing about these incidents.” [ Srimad-Bhagavatam, [...]

Spring Festival

Vasant panchami is the first day of spring and all of Vrindavan is awash with yellow. The people wear yellow, the deities in the temples are dressed in yellow, yellow banners are flown everywhere … everywhere yellow, yellow, yellow! It’s a festive day with kirtan, parades and special deity darsans all around town. It’s also [...]