Kumbha mela - Hinduism Today

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July 1, 2025

Quotes and Quips The AI-generated quote for the Quotes and Quips section in the Oct/Nov/Dec 2024 issue prompted varied reactions. […]

October 1, 2004

Deep in india’s ancient past, knowledge was often conveyed in allegory. One such meaningful chronicle of yore provides a dramatic

October 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK As with previous melas, we brought with us a prepared list of questions regarding current issues facing

October 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK When my friends and relatives–and even strangers – learn that I bathed at the Maha Kumbha Melas

October 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK Ujjain is one of the great cities of the Hindu religion. In ancient times, Lord Krishna went

January 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK The Kumbha Mela is a gathering of the great monastic orders of India, known as akharas. At

January 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK The main aim of the Kumbha Mela in the past was to discuss dharma. Now such discussions

January 1, 2004

BY RAJIV MALIK Imagine, if you will and if you can, the light of a bright noonday sun in a

May 1, 2001

One typical mela pilgrim, an illiterate woman, traveled with her family by crowded bus from West Bengal, slept in the

May 1, 2001

Sooner or later, some conscience-struck journalism student will finally send Hinduism Today a copy of “The Journalist’s Guide to Reporting

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