BVHA Meeting at Kishore Van, July 14, 2010

July 14th 2010. A meeting of the Braj-Vrindavan Heritage Alliance was organized at Kishore Van. The meeting was chaired by Dr. K.L. Meena, Divisional Director of Uttar Pradesh Forestry.

It was resolved that the BVHA is very serious about getting the entire Braj be declared as the Eco Sensitive Zone, focusing on Vrindavan. They said if Braj is declared an eco-sensitive zone, then the hills, trees and water bodies can be saved from the greed of the developers. Moreover, the agricultural land around Vrindavan and Govardhan would not be used for the construction new colonies.

The Braj heritage has to be conserved at any cost and, if needed, people are ready to give their lives for it. A delegation of the BVHA will meet the Union Environment Minister for this cause.

Shri Govind Kishor Goswami, Sevait of Kishor Van, said that the celebration of 500th birth anniversary of Shri Hari Ram Ji Vyas will begin from 26th November, 2010. He asked that the BVHA be fully involved and participate in this event and help him to bring celebrity singers from Mumbai who can sing the Sakis and Pads Shri Hari Ram Ji Vyas. The alliance members unanimously approved his request.

Shri Goswami also said that he welcomes everyone to support the joint initiative of Friends of Vrindavan and BVHA to restore the Sacred Grove of Kishor Van. He said though he is the Sevait of Kishor Van but worshipping and adoring the Lord is everyone’s right. There is no restriction entering the temple and the grove. Any devotee who respects the rules of the sacred grove of Kishor Van is welcome to visit and practice his rituals here. He is ready to enter into an agreement with anyone whoever helps him to restore Kishor Van.

Shri Ghanshyam Kishor Goswami, son of Shri Govind Kishor Goswami also agreed with this arrangement.

Shri Govind Sharma, Sevait of Vanshi Vat said that he was also willing to restore the sacred grove of Vanshi Vat. The BVHA may adopt Vanshi Vat once the project of Kishor Van accomplished. He said that all the temples should be encouraged to restore their gardens and water bodies.

Dr. K.L. Meena in his presidential address said that he will save the biggest plants of Kadamba, Tamal and other typical trees from his nurseries to be planted in the BVHA projects. He also declared that all sort of technical support will be given by the U.P. Forestry to restore Kishor Van. He took away a sample of the soil from Kishor Van to be tested in the laboratory of the Forestry Department.

He said that it is the responsibility of the local bodies to relocate the stray animals. If the municipality or any one takes the responsibility of relocation of the monkeys he can give the NOC (no objection certificate). He said that the first step to restore Kishor Van is to cover it with iron nets only. This area is dominated by the monkeys, thus no fencing can stop them from coming inside the grove.

Present in the meeting were: Govind Kishor Goswami, Naresh Narain, Ghanshyam Kishor Goswami, Madhumangal Shukla, Kanhaiya Gupta, Sushil Chandra Sharma, Dr. Chandra Prakash Sharma, Ram Narin Brajwasi, Govind Mahant, Pratibha Sharma, Manju Sharma, Bal Krishna Goutam, Shyam Lal Sharma, Indra Prakash Pahuja, Ankit Agrawal, Braj Mohan Khandal, Krishna Gopal Gupta, Ravindra Kulshreshtha, Jagannath Poddar, Avishek Shrivastava.

Radhe Radhe !