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Are there 4 or 5 Vedas?

Veda Vyasa divided the single Vedic corpus only into 4 Vedas - Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. However, the Mahabharata written by Vyasa is sometimes described as the 5th Veda since it contains a whole lot of knowledge.

Braj bhumi

Braj, the main center of Radha-Krishna devotees covers about 2,500 square kilometers. It includes areas in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana, mainly around Mathura and Vrindavan.