What Now? The Long Road to Recovery
Relief efforts commenced immediately at the Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram on the Kerala coast–even before the tsunami water receded from the […]
Inside Ujjain, Siva’s City
Rajiv and Thomas spent ten days in Ujjain during their coverage of the Kumbha Mela, as recounted in the October,
A Ritual for Ladies Only
BY HARI BANSH AND JAYANTI JHA Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a region of land that now
The Globe Trotting Lord of Dance
BY MEERA VAYAPOOREE His powerful & dynamic dance performances have made him one of Bharata Natyam’s most important modern-day, international
Made for the Gods
BY LAVINA MELWANI Gold is almost a language in India. It speaks of birth and marriage, of rituals and devotion.
Toronto, Canada: Hinduism Arrives In Style
BY LAVINA MELWANI Think Canada and you think the Land of the Rockies, Niagara Falls, maple syrup and ice hockey.
Fighting to Preserve a Tribal Heritage
BY STEPHEN KNAPP In December of 2003 a few of us from the Vedic Friends Association traveled through Assam, Arunachala
To Save a Soulful Art Form
BY RAJIV MALIK The rudra vina is considered the father-mother of all stringed instruments. Believed to have been used by
Life in the land of color and sand
Pauline van lynden is an irrepressible artist of the wild and visual type. Look inside her massive 11-by-14 inch, 320-page,
Goddess Moves In
The construction of the grand Omkarananda Kamakshi Devi Mandir of Rishikesh, India–which is actually a complex of six temples–was initiated