The Lore of Kumbha Melas
BY RAJIV MALIK The Kumbha Mela is a gathering of the great monastic orders of India, known as akharas. At […]
Rising Above Apartheid
It was a precedent setting event when South Africa’s first national convention on Hindu unity convened on September 6, 2003,
Dharma Discussions — Mela 2003
BY RAJIV MALIK The main aim of the Kumbha Mela in the past was to discuss dharma. Now such discussions
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
BY RAJIV MALIK Imagine, if you will and if you can, the light of a bright noonday sun in a
“I Want To See God!”
The focus of many religions is on helping those who do not believe in God to believe in God. For
I Want To See God!
The focus of many religions is on helping those who do not believe in God to believe in God. For
Mealtime Blessings
BY OLIVIA WU The chanting of mantras to invoke and give thanks to God before partaking of a meal is
The Art of Living With Aging Parents
BY DAMARA SHANMUGAM Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today, always advised his devotees to take care of their aging
Karma and Gravity
BY ARVIND SHARMA Karma is a key Hindu concept not always easily explained. Comparing it with the gravity, however, helps
Secrets of a Hindu Temple
Early in the morning on February 15, 1975, at his Hindu monastery on Hawaii’s Garden Island of Kauai, Hinduism Today’s