Leaf Plates: Our Traditional Past Meets the Ecological Future
By Devi Ravindraraj, Texas What is beautiful, healthful, environmentally-friendly, fun to eat from, and a long-established feature of Hindu culture? […]
King Shivaji’s Fort Comes to America
Kids in Maharashtra—and now California—build mud forts during Diwali in honor of the great warrior’s victories hundreds of years ago
My Family’s Covid Wedding
Ingenuity, improvisation and inspiration made it a great event By Shaina Grover, 16, Irvine, California Hundreds of guests, enough food
Meet the Maithil Women Artists of Nepal
How a dynamic group is transforming a wall painting tradition By Claire Burkert, Nepal In 1988, in a mud and
Special Feature: Muralists of Kerala
Meet the Contemporary Masters of an Amazing Temple Craft From the depictions of the Supreme in the forms of Brahma,
Phad Sacred Art
Wandering Shrines of Rajasthan By Baani Sekhon, Chandigarh In this unique and traditional art form, mythological stories and folk tales
Thirteen Days of Mourning & Release
ALL PHOTOS: THOMAS KELLY The strength of family: Children of Devaka Poudel offer blessings • • • • • •
Special Feature: Meet The Hindus of Java
MEET THE HINDUS OF JAVA ______________________ For five centuries the Hindus of Central & East Java, today one million strong,
Global Dharma
BELGIUM BRUSSELS PARADES OGOH-OGOH SINCE 2011, NYEPI EVENTS have been held in Belgium, as a celebration of the Balinese New
Mealtime Blessings
BY OLIVIA WU The chanting of mantras to invoke and give thanks to God before partaking of a meal is