Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan Movement - Call for action

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indicjournalists, Raghav Mittal

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Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan Movement

 

This write-up intends to put forth the case of "Vraja Vaibhav

Punarsthapan Movement" which is

creating waves of renaissance all over Vraja, the land of Lord

Krishna. It's a movement of the vrajawasis with the sole objective

of restoring

and preserving the pristine glory of this cherished land which had

the fortune to witness the

avatar and leelas of Lord Krishna. The travesty of the times has

been that while Lord Krishna, the

cowherd boy, the bhagwaan, the ishwar, the propounder of Gita is

worshipped, revered and prayed

all over the world but the very place where he performed all his

past times, His holy dham is

getting utterly neglected. Isn't it a part of our devotional service

to render service to the

holy dham so that its physical form also gets uplifted and

rejenuvated? Devotion to Krishna need

to be reflected in a devotion to all things associated with him.

 

The exalted Vrajawasis, anything which had even remote association

with Krishna

is worth conserving, preserving and worship. For them, the natural

places, the original

leelasthalis - the kundas (ponds), the vanas (forests), the parvatas

(hills), yamunaji and

hundreds of ghats on her banks are more sacred, more auspicious then

any temple or ashram per se.

For them the highest form of devotion, bhakti is sewa (service) of

the holy dham. Today, the holy

vraja is under immense threat. In fact, thousands of original

leelasthalis have disappeared,

hundreds are disappearing over the time. What would devotion to

Krishna mean, if the entire Vraja,

the Vraja culture would get extinct? This is a question which we all

Krishna Bhaktas should ponder

over on this occasion of Janamashtami.

 

The vrajawasis have given their entire energies and resources for

the vraja. A

huge movement is ensuing in Vraja , the "VRAJA VAIBHAV PUNARSTHAPAN

MOVEMENT". Spearheaded by

Poojya Sri Ramesh Baba of Maan Mandir, Gahvarvan, Barsana, a huge

resurgence in the entire land of

vraja is taking place. Hundreds of kundas are getting renovated and

resurrected, the lost and

lesser known leelasthalis are being brought to light. Movements are

going on to preserve the

forests of vraja which are having a constant threat from forest

mafias. Battles are going on to

protect the hillocks of Vraja, which are being blown apart by

illegal miners. A massive

undertaking to dig up Yamuna ji from Panipat onwards is on the

fringe. The annual 40 day Sri Radha

Rani Vraja Yatra is instigating thunders of awakening amidst the

vrajawasis - the real inheritors

of the Krishna Prema.

 

 

Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan movement is an ambitious and

revolutionary undertaking. It is blowing

apart the hypocrisy and hollowness of a large number of contemporary

Bhagwatacharyas, Matha

dheeshas, Gosains etc etc. The movement is against all those who are

interested only in filling up

their coffers and building up huge 5-star styled ashrams and temples

in vraja spending crores,

while neglecting the original leelasthalis of the lord. The movement

criticizes

in the bitterest words those who have transformed religion into a

business. There is a huge

awakening all over the vraja.

 

 

Thousands are getting connected and convinced about the aims and

objectives of the movement. The

preservation and protection of the leelasthalis has to be done on a

war footing.

If the leelasthalis would disappear, where would remain Krishna

bhakti, where we could

find Krishna prema.

 

 

The Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan Movement calls upon a wider

collaboration of all the leading

dharmacharyas, Bhagwatacharyas, matha dheeshas etc to formulate

a "Vraja Vaibhav

Punarsthapan Samiti" forgetting all their trivial differences over

the numerous worship

methods and shedding off their selfish interests.

 

The movement calls upon a time bound moratorium on all the new

construction projects to be

undertaken in vraja. All the donations and contributions coming in

should be

diverted for the preservation of the thousands of kundas and

renovation of hundreds of old

temples. This would call for the co-operation of one and the all.

All the Krishna Kathas be

focussed on the dismal state of the holy dham and should become

instrumental in creating wider

awakening amidst the Krishna Bhaktas all over the world. Let all the

preaching efforts be oriented

towards the service of the holy dham.

 

The movement calls upon all the Krishna bhaktas to contribute to

this holy cause by whatever means

they can. Those who are affluent can undertake a couple of kundas

for renovation

under their direct supervision. Those who have time can spread the

word around. Those who

are talented can help in setting up a detailed and well researched

resource bases on vraja over

the web. A lot of studies have to be undertaken, a wider survey of

the entire vraja bhoomi needs

to be done to find out and document the exact locations of the

various leelasthalis, their current

state, their dimensions.

 

 

Everything is possible even in this age of Kaliyuga. The Kaliyuga

resides in all our minds, where

we have reduced ourselves to mere our ashram boundaries or our

religious sampradayas. We have to

come out of this clout and think in a broader fashion. Krishna prema

doesn't enter into shallow

pots, we all have to become oceans.

 

 

Forgetting all our differences, instilling a cumulative spirit to

preserve and protect the vraja

dham by all means, by channelising all available resource for the

service of the dham is the only

refuge out.

 

The Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan movement is doing all this. The winds

of reform and renaissance

have started flowing all over vraja and they are getting stronger by

the day. In this massive

yagna, in this mass scale Krishna upasana every Krishna bhakti has a

role. This movement is wiping

out all the adharmic forces, it is reuniting all the vrajawasis, is

instilling a

spirit of total mobilization for the restoration of vraja.

 

 

Come on !! devotees of the Lord. Take your role in this mega

project. Get inspired from your own

Lord, whom you pray day in and day out. If you are not a part of the

solution, you definitely are

strengthening the problem. Any passivity on the part of Krishna

bhaktas would be nothing but

hypocrisy.

 

 

The places of our Lord's past times are getting destructed, they are

getting destroyed, they are

over flooded with filth. Can we tolerate this?

 

A mass scale "Cheera Harana" of the entire Vraja is happening. The

Vraja Bhoomi is weeping and

wailing like Draupadi !! Hundreds of Dushasanas are trying to

disrobe her. Either we are

Duryodhanas, Karnas or Dushasanas who were asuras by their very

nature and are the first

candidates to be destructed, or we are Bhishma Pitamahas,

Kripacharyas, Dronocharyas who are not

speaking up not stirring up the entire society even after having so

much of power and

resourcefulness, because of our vested interests, self centeredness.

How many of us are Viduras

and Vikarnas who are at least speaking out against the ongoing

adharma ? And how many of us are

really spirited to plunge into the war, plunge into action to

safeguard the honour of our Vraja

bhoomi ? Krishna would appear, he would take his incarnation to

empower us all if we just show our

sincerity towards this bigger cause. He would definitely come to

safeguard His beloved Draupadi.

But for this to happen, some viduras several vikarnas have to come

up.

 

 

Till the time we are silent over the disrobing of Vrajabhoomi, He

will be silent. He will come

once again to uplift the Giri Goverdhan on his smallest finger to

safeguard vraja from selfish and

corrupt Indras, but then we would have to take an initiative just to

show our sincerity, our

concern , our devotion towards him. We would have to put our lathis

under this massive project,

this movement requires divine intervention and our mortal energies

are incompatible to meet its

demands. But still, we have to do our karma. We can't shed off our

responsibilities, we can run

away from this ensuing kurukshetra on some pretext or the other.

 

 

On this very occasion of Janamashtami , let us all take a resolve,

let us all get spirited, let us

all make it our mission of our lives to give our whole hearted

support and contribution to the

VRAJA VAIBHAV PUNARSTHAPAN MOVEMENT.

 

 

The renaissance of Vraja would illumine the entire world. Let us all

plunge into this fierce

Mahabharata taking the sides of Pandavas - the side of Dharma and

protect the honour of Draupadi,

our beloved vraja bhoomi.

 

 

Krishna Bhaktas of the entire world !! come on . Your Lord is

demanding your services. Come on and

take a dip in this massive bhagirathi of Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan

and get rid off of all your

sins and become a real vrajawasi.

 

 

Those of you who really wish to give whatever they can to Vraja, can

contact raghavmt or

radharani@d...

 

Do visit www.brajrakshakdal.org

 

If possible, come and participate in the Radha Rani Braja Yatra,

which is free of cost. The Yatra

is starting from October 26th, 2004 from Sri Gehvarvan Barsana. The

Yatra is the main vehicle for

the Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan.

 

 

Sri Radha Rani Braj Yatra 2004

(Ashth Maha-Sakhi Gram Gamini) Shri Man Mandir Sewa Sansthan(Trust),

Gahvar van,

 

 

Barsana

Sn Date Day Place

 

1 10/26/2004 Tue Barsana

2 10/27/2004 Wed Barsana

3 10/28/2004 Thu Barsana

4 10/29/2004 Fri Karahala

5 10/30/2004 Sat Khayara

6 10/31/2004 Sun NandaGaon

7 11/1/2004 Mon NandaGaon

8 11/2/2004 Tue Bathain

9 11/3/2004 Wed Kotvan

10 11/4/2004 Thu Hatana

11 11/5/2004 Fri Kharont

12 11/6/2004 Sat Kosi

13 11/7/2004 Sun Paigaon

14 11/8/2004 Mon Ainchadau Ji

15 11/9/2004 Tue Gangarol

16 11/10/2004 Wed Sei

17 11/11/2004 Thu Bhandir van

18 11/12/2004 Fri Vrinda van

19 11/13/2004 Sat Vrinda van

20 11/14/2004 Sun Vrinda van

21 11/15/2004 Mon Panigaon

22 11/16/2004 Tue Taara pur

23 11/17/2004 Wed Daau Ji

24 11/18/2004 Thu Gokul Raman reti

25 11/19/2004 Fri LohavanTiraha

26 11/20/2004 Sat Mathura

27 11/21/2004 Sun Taarasi

28 11/22/2004 Mon Satoha

29 11/23/2004 Tue Raal

30 11/24/2004 Wed ChandraSarovar

31 11/25/2004 Thu Jatipur

32 11/26/2004 Fri Vidyabhanji Aashram

33 11/27/2004 Sat Kuchaapati

34 11/28/2004 Sun Parmadra

35 11/29/2004 Mon khoh

36 11/30/2004 Tue Adibadri

37 12/1/2004 Wed Kedar nath

38 12/2/2004 Thu Kama

39 12/3/2004 Fri Kama

40 12/4/2004 Sat Rethora

41 12/5/2004 Sun Barsana

 

 

 

Let us all become Arjunas and fight this battle for our Lord. Let us

contribute our heart and

soul, our every breath to the Vraja Vaibhav Punarsthapan.

 

Let this Janamastami we dedicate ourselves to our Lord's Holy Dham.

At least show your intent of

support by mailing down to vraja_rakshak_dal or raghavmt

and forwarding this

message to all the Krishna bhaktas known to you.

 

A feeling at heart is also a big service.

 

 

|| JAI SHRI RADHEY ||

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Raghav Mittal

Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech)

Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

 

Alt. Email address: raghavmt@g...

 

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