Who Then Are the Hindus?
To find out which organizations with prominence in the West call themselves Hindus, we tapped the massive power of the […]
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
One Pilgrim’s Story
Is it possible to film the Kumbha Mela in all its complex, wild and unruly grandeur? Vancouver director Alan Morinis
Meet Our Mela Corps
(Please see hard copy for all photographs) The creation of this special issue required a rare and eclectic collaboration of
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
Kumbha Mela 1998
By M.P. MOHANTY These pilgrims had come from all over India; some of them had been months on the way,
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