Potent Pagan Powwow
For six days over the Summer solstice, 200 representatives to the World Pagan Congress met in Vilnius, capital city of […]
The Buttersweet Benefits of Ghee
BY BRAHMACHARINI MAYA TIWARI Vedic seers considered milk to be the most sattvic (peace-producing) food for humankind. From this salubrious
Can it Be That the Hare Krishnas Are Not Hindu?
There is a misconception,” wrote His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1977 in Science of Self Realization, “that
Giving Demons and Deities Their Due
Perhaps nowhere on earth is Hinduism more energetic and culturally explicit than on the tiny island of Bali. It has
Outstanding Offerings
One balmy evening in Ubud, Bali visitor Rima Xoyamaygya looked out her hotel window: “Streaming by me were 300 children
One Pilgrim’s Story
Is it possible to film the Kumbha Mela in all its complex, wild and unruly grandeur? Vancouver director Alan Morinis
Coping With Crowds
By PRABHA PRABHAKAR BHARDWAJ Senior Indian administration service official J.P. Sharma smiled contentedly as he detailed to Hinduism Today the
Deadly Melee of Sadhus Mars Mela
The official report is that a hundred holy men were injured but none killed in the clash between two monastic
Holy Ones
There was no proper map of the sadhu camps available to us, so in the 42¡ celsius (108¡ F) heat,
Holy Procession
By Nikki Lastreto First in procession on Maha Sivaratri, March 25, came the Naga sadhus of the Juna Akhara, reputed