160,000 Singers in Hyderabad Set World Record
A whopping 160,000 people sang in chorus seven keerthanas, or hymns in praise of god, of Telugu saint-poet Thallapaka Annamacharya in Hyderabad on Sunday evening, and broke a 70-year-old world record....
View ArticleDance to Krishna Chant
Video Friday Graceful dance, with hoop, to kirtan music Every summer, ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness — otherwise known as the “Hare Krishnas”) holds a picnic on Toronto Island...
View ArticleThe India Legend of Mirabai
Painting of Mirabai by GR Sharma Cultural expedition to walk in the footsteps of Mirabai Mirabai was a 16th century Rajasthani princess, a composer of devotional songs and a mystic who fought against...
View ArticleA Surreal & Spiritual Expedition to Mirabai
The early morning taxi to Nizamuddin train station, leaving behind friends, leaving behind Delhi and festival time, leaving behind Ajay. Last night we walked in the park at dusk with the sounds of...
View ArticleSpiritual India: Beyond the Vrindavan of Myth & Legend
I wake in Vrindavan. I wake with two problems on my mind: money and food. I slept without dinner and no breakfast is available; and the day before, I tried two ATMs and both were out of money. So, with...
View ArticleExploring the Unknown in Mirabai India
I’M ON AN INDIAN TRAIN, tucked into a second-class berth, lower. Above me a man is snoring loudly, and across from me a handsome man with greying hair, in a crisp kurtah, is reading “The Secret,” in...
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