Mathurax92s well-kept secret
Janmashtami, the festival celebrating Krishna’s birth, is only a couple of days away and Brajbhoomi is teeming with visitors. Yet, at Koile Ghat, the place where the story is said to have begun, there’s hardly anyone, barring a few local villagers.
Allahabad High Court Ayodhya Judgement
Allahabad High Court gave its verdict today in favour of a temple on the disputed Ayodhya site.
Meat sale banned in Kurukshetra
Following an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the State Government has strictly prohibited the sale, possession, consumption and purchase of non-vegetarian food items in the holy towns of Kurukshetra and Pehowa.
ISKCON Joins Call for Indian Government to Clean Up Yamuna River
Studies have shown that 97% of the water from the Yamuna has been diverted away from its natural riverbed before it reaches New Delhi. A report compiled in 2006 by the CPCB stated there is “almost no fresh water in the river” from Delhi on.
Do our policitians hate Hindu religion?
All around the world rivers are cleansed. Why the Holy Land of Krishna is not taken care of? Do our politicians hate Hindu religion?
The Greening of Govardhana
A few days ago I was intrigued by an article in the Hindustan newspaper about a sant who had been planting tens of thousands of trees on the side of Govardhana for the past five years, calling it a “green revolution.”
Green Pilgrimage Network meeting in Rishikesh
Last week the Bhumi Project hosted a meeting of pilgrim towns, cities and sites in Rishikesh as part of the Green Pilgrimage Network. The meeting was co-hosted by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation and the Ganga Action Parivar of Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh.
Yamuna River to be revived with help from London
London is to help India revive Delhi's Yamuna River, once revered as one of the country's most sacred waterways but now regarded as toxic and lethal by environmentalists.
Bhumi Project Encourages Hindus Worldwide to Go Green
The ancient Indian spiritual text Srimad-Bhagavatam recounts how 5,000 years ago, Bhumi Devi, the presiding Deity of the Earth, was being plundered and destroyed by evil men.
Massive March for Yamuna River Nears Delhi
Tens of thousands of villagers are marching toward Delhi to pressure the central government to save the Yamuna River, in one of the biggest protests against river pollution in India. The protesters, whose numbers have fluctuated between 20,000 to 100,000.