The Call of the Sacred Snan – Kumbha Mela Kumbha Mela is, according to spiritual history and culture, the celebration of the nectar of immortality. Tens of millions of pilgrims flock from every corner of Earth to come spend days or weeks or even nearly two...
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This article was also published in Organiser, here, and in The Pioneer as "Return to the roots", here. Swami Vivekananda cast India’s cultural heritage into international spotlight when he began his speech at the Parliament of World Religions with the phrase, “My sisters and brothers of...
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This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. Kumbh, the mother of all river tirthas, is a miracle of aastha and vyavastha, writes SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATIKumbh Mela epitomises both the best and the worst of India. It embodies the pervasive sense of the sacred one...
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Published in The Speaking Tree (Times of India) 20 January, 2013...
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Published in Hinduism Today January-March 2013Click the images below to enlarge.[gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="21801,21802,21803,21804"]...
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The term “spirituality” is used quite vaguely these days to refer to anything ranging from those who subscribe to an eclectic mix of practices, traditions and beliefs, to those who may agree with the foundational aspects of a religion while not adhering to all the...
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Published in The Speaking Tree (Times of India) 25 May, 2012...
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This article was also published on The Speaking Tree, here. As his belly rises with each deep, slow breath, his frayed undershirt exposes the bare skin underneath – brown, of course, due to genetics, but browned even more deeply from a life in the sun. The...
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This article was also published on The Speaking Tree, here, and in The Pioneer, here.“What this country really needs,” the middle aged father from Delhi was saying in the evening satsang, “is leaders like Pujya Swamiji and yourself to give new values to our youth....
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Published in Tathaasthu Magazine January-February 2012Click the images below to enlarge.[gallery link="file" size="medium" columns="4" ids="21794,21795,21796,21797"]...
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