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Mathura

Betting on the Future

Rajeev Deshpande

A week after the pilgrim belt of Mathura-Vrindavan voted on April 26, public opinion indicates the Modi-Yogi model has prevailed over local discontents and trumped a disorganised opposition, reports

Sacred Rush

Lhendup G Bhutia

Lhendup G Bhutia takes the pilgrims’ route to witness the post-pandemic boom in religious tourism

‘We are not talking of 3,000 shrines, we can end it with these three’

Rajeev Deshpande

The Kashi and Mathura temple-mosque disputes should not be allowed to linger and the cases can be resolved by consensus, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Working President Alok Kumar tells Rajeev Deshpande

The Mathura Paradox

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why meat bans find support in a non-vegetarian country

Shiva First

Lakshmi Bayi

All divinities revel in love and peace - and not on pieces of dead bodies, heaped up to reach a tantalizing heaven

Lost in Transition

Ranjit Hoskote

‘Riti Kaal’ is that splendid period in Hindi poetry that no one wants to claim

Mathura Violence: Bose Speakers

Anshuman Kumar

Ram Briksh Yadav of Mathura wasn’t the first leader of a cult to exploit Subhas Chandra Bose’s appeal for sectarian ends

Harvest of Distress

Kumar Anshuman

The villages of Mathura, a district of stark contrasts just 155 km from Delhi, are reeling from the worst agrarian crisis in a decade

Holi in Mathura

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People playing 'Huranga' at Dauji temple in Mathura on Holi

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