Quotes & Quips
"PILGRIMS PLODDED FOR MONTHS IN HEAT TO GET HERE, WORN, POOR AND HUNGRY, BUT SUSTAINED BY UNWAVERING FAITH." American author […]
Kumbha Mela 1998
By M.P. MOHANTY These pilgrims had come from all over India; some of them had been months on the way,
Letters
CONTENDING TEXTS I read with interest your article on “Better Discipline” [child rearing, July ’98]. It is unfortunate that Manu
A River of Devotion, A Flood of Spirituality
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI K–A BIG K–IS FOR KUMBHA MELA, the largest gathering of humans on Earth–over ten million. It
Diaspora
CULTURE A New Sparkle In Her Twirl In 1994 Aditi Hanumante completed six years of learning bharata natyam in New
One Pilgrim’s Story
Is it possible to film the Kumbha Mela in all its complex, wild and unruly grandeur? Vancouver director Alan Morinis
Digital Dharma
VEGETARIANS Don't Have A Cow Need we add more than Saint Tiruvalluvar's provocation in his Tirukural 2,000 years ago, "How
Evolutions
PASSED ON:Bir Narayan Chaudhury of eastern Nepal, on April 20, reputedly the oldest man in the world at 141. He
Briefly…
WESTERN MEDIA tended to be less interested in the Kumbha Mela than other religious celebrations at the same time, despite
Meet Our Mela Corps
(Please see hard copy for all photographs) The creation of this special issue required a rare and eclectic collaboration of