Value of Samskaras
By Swami Veda Bharati Excerpts from an interview conducted by Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik at the 2001 Maha Kumbha […]
Faiths in Conflict
By Ashok Singhal A follow-up report: Millennium World Peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders, August, 2000, New York Sri
Ram, Ram, Sita-Ram!
By Vatsala Sperling I once asked Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, how there could be hundreds and
SACRED SAMSKARAS
The best rendering of samskara in English is made by the word “sacrament,” which means “religious ceremony or act regarded
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
Our Tour of a Lifetime
By Kailash Dakshinamurthi Pilgrimage. I’ve always begun one with spiritual preparation and an understanding of what I expect to experience.
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