Overview
- Event planners scrapped a ticketed DJ performance at a private Mathura hotel that was slated for the evening of January 1.
- Hotel owner Mitul Pathak said all legal and administrative norms were in place but the show was withdrawn to avoid offending local beliefs.
- Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sangharsh Nyas and other religious leaders formally asked the district magistrate to stop the programme.
- A widely shared video showed a priest warning of “strict action” if the event went ahead, intensifying pressure on organisers.
- Religious leaders welcomed the cancellation as upholding the city’s sanctity, and officials reported no major law‑and‑order issues.