World record for Movie-Viewing

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh): Ashish Sharma of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city has created a new world record by viewing movies non-stop for almost five days, breaking an earlier record of 117 hours four minutes set by a German woman. Read more..........................Mathura resident sets world record for movie-viewing

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6-yr-old thrown in fire for walking on 'upper caste' road

A six-year old Dalit girl (low caste girl) was set on fire by a man in Mathura because the girl and her mother chose to walk through a path reserved only for upper caste villagers. Read more......................................6-yr-old thrown in fire for walking on 'upper caste' road

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Priests in short supply

Hindus in parts of northern India are finding it difficult to find priests to perform yearly rituals for the dead.

Priests/Pandits in Agra, Mathura and neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh are working overtime because of the huge number of people who perform the annual ritual of feeding their ancestors during 'Pitr Paksh Shradh', a fortnight when people pay their respects to the dead.

"On occasions we have to eat at three different places with hardly a gap of one hour," says Pandit Mahesh Shukla, whose family specialises in performing rituals for the dead............Read more........Priests in short supply in Shradh season

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Where moving around the hill gives an entry to Heaven!!!!

Religion makes happen things impossible. Religion makes you believe in anything. Take the case of this annual Hindu fair that happens every year at Goverdhan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district in India. More than 10 million pilgrims from all over India shall take part in it which started on July 25th. The fair shall peak on full moon day - July 29/30.

The weeklong Mudiya Poonau fair started with thousands of people joining the 21-km-long route around the Goverdhan hill, which, according to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna had lifted with his little finger to protect people from torrential rains.

So wednesday onwards, Mathura, Vrindavan and other holy places associated with Lord Krishna will see hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converging until Janmashtami - the festival that celebrates Krishna's birth.

Many seem to believe that if the parikrama (moving around the hill) is not performed in the stipulated time they will be denied entry to heaven,' an official said.

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