Vrindavan Widows

Some of the widows have even prepared cotton face masks to be presented to him on Sunday.

Widows living in Vrindavan, who would miss meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi this Raksha Bandhan due to COVID-19 outbreak, have dispatched 501 hand-made rakhis and as many face masks to him, said an NGO on Thursday.

For the first time the widows of Vrindavan on Sunday celebrated 'green Diwali' at the Gopinath temple. They lit colourful earthen lamps and made intricate Rangolis. Many of them sang traditional hymns as part of the 'green Diwali' celebrations.

Lord Krishna has given a purpose to the widows of Vrindavan to continue with their lives after being left alone in this world, says 88-year-old Gayatri Devi, for whom Janmashtami is more than a festival.

Five widows from Vrindavan are to reach Delhi tomorrow with 11 earthen pots containing herbal 'gulaal' (colour powder that is used during the Holi festivities) and an array of sweets meant for their "brother" - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Widows from Vrindavan would tie rakhi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wrist in Delhi tomorrow on the occasion of Rakshabandhan that celebrates the brother-sister bond.

A riot of colours took over the 400-year-old Gopinath temple as hundreds of widows clad in white sarees, smeared hues of reds, yellows and greens on each other and celebrated Holi. Here are the glimpses from the celebrations: (Photo Credit: AFP) Elderly women from Vrindavan and Varanasi gathered at one of the oldest Krishna temples in the crowded G...

In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan.

This Raksha Bandhan, widows of Vrindavan are planning to send around 1000 rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Early morning walkers at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial stopped and stared at a group of 33 women, dressed mostly in plain white, burst into an impromptu song and dance at the gate. They are the widows living in Vrindavan and Varanasi enjoying a special day that the United Nations has dedicated to them, June 23, every year since 2010. International ...

Hailing the celebration of Holi by widows in Vrindavan, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said all temples must be open to women.

Around 1,000 elderly Vrindavan widows started a two-day Diwali celebration today on the bank of river Yamuna and five of their ashrams in Vrindavan.

Ageing widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi have designed around 1,000 special rakhis for Prime Minster Narendra Modi and will send it to him on the occasion of raksha bandhan on August 29.

The widows of Vrindavan today lit hundreds of earthen lamps at the banks of Yamuna as they today began their three-day Diwali celebrations through which they intend to spread awareness about the need for the river's cleanliness.

They are frail but they are feisty - 50 widows of Vrindavan who arrived in Kolkata today to celebrate the Durga Pujas have a simple message for Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura who recently said the widows of Vrindavan should go back to their own states, Bengal and Bihar. Their message - come to us in Vrindavan, sing "bhajans" with us, do "dars...

Some of the widows have even prepared cotton face masks to be presented to him on Sunday.

Widows living in Vrindavan, who would miss meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi this Raksha Bandhan due to COVID-19 outbreak, have dispatched 501 hand-made rakhis and as many face masks to him, said an NGO on Thursday.

For the first time the widows of Vrindavan on Sunday celebrated 'green Diwali' at the Gopinath temple. They lit colourful earthen lamps and made intricate Rangolis. Many of them sang traditional hymns as part of the 'green Diwali' celebrations.

Lord Krishna has given a purpose to the widows of Vrindavan to continue with their lives after being left alone in this world, says 88-year-old Gayatri Devi, for whom Janmashtami is more than a festival.

Five widows from Vrindavan are to reach Delhi tomorrow with 11 earthen pots containing herbal 'gulaal' (colour powder that is used during the Holi festivities) and an array of sweets meant for their "brother" - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Widows from Vrindavan would tie rakhi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wrist in Delhi tomorrow on the occasion of Rakshabandhan that celebrates the brother-sister bond.

A riot of colours took over the 400-year-old Gopinath temple as hundreds of widows clad in white sarees, smeared hues of reds, yellows and greens on each other and celebrated Holi. Here are the glimpses from the celebrations: (Photo Credit: AFP) Elderly women from Vrindavan and Varanasi gathered at one of the oldest Krishna temples in the crowded G...

In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan.

This Raksha Bandhan, widows of Vrindavan are planning to send around 1000 rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Early morning walkers at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial stopped and stared at a group of 33 women, dressed mostly in plain white, burst into an impromptu song and dance at the gate. They are the widows living in Vrindavan and Varanasi enjoying a special day that the United Nations has dedicated to them, June 23, every year since 2010. International ...

Hailing the celebration of Holi by widows in Vrindavan, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said all temples must be open to women.

Around 1,000 elderly Vrindavan widows started a two-day Diwali celebration today on the bank of river Yamuna and five of their ashrams in Vrindavan.

Ageing widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi have designed around 1,000 special rakhis for Prime Minster Narendra Modi and will send it to him on the occasion of raksha bandhan on August 29.

The widows of Vrindavan today lit hundreds of earthen lamps at the banks of Yamuna as they today began their three-day Diwali celebrations through which they intend to spread awareness about the need for the river's cleanliness.

They are frail but they are feisty - 50 widows of Vrindavan who arrived in Kolkata today to celebrate the Durga Pujas have a simple message for Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura who recently said the widows of Vrindavan should go back to their own states, Bengal and Bihar. Their message - come to us in Vrindavan, sing "bhajans" with us, do "dars...