Kumbha mela

Discussions on Dharma

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

Our Man at the Melas

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

River Revelry

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

The Story of the Mela

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

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

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

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

Scroll to Top