Lord Hanuman’s Festival
By GITANJALI CHAK These days, the mercury hovers around a scorching 113 degrees Fahrenheit in Lucknow, the capital of the […]
A Mela History
One typical mela pilgrim, an illiterate woman, traveled with her family by crowded bus from West Bengal, slept in the
How The Media Covered the Mela
Sooner or later, some conscience-struck journalism student will finally send Hinduism Today a copy of “The Journalist’s Guide to Reporting
Voices From The Mela
The aim should be to establish a kind of life in society by which our whole system of living is
How the Mela Measured Up
How shall we summarize the mela? like the bottom line of an accounting sheet, numbers get right to the point.
Kumbha Mela 2001
Seventy million Hindus from around the world–the largest human gathering in history–worshiped at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and
Divine Riches
By Choodie Shivaram I visit Melkote a few times every year, as Yoga Narasimha is our family Deity. Yet, we
Chariot of the Gods
Stephen Parmley, Sunithi Narayan and Barbara Goodbody The crowd’s energy builds as the priest begins the recitation of sacred mantras.
Home Festivals!
Hinduism is a celebratory religion, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the yearly cycle of home
Women’s day in Nepal
By Sushma Joshi Hinduism Todayhas received reports from Nepal that in 1999, members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)