The Potters of Kumartuli – Where the Durga Puja Story Begins
Durga Puja, the annual worship of the Hindu Goddess Durga, is about to begin in Calcutta, India. The festival lasts the better part of a week and is embraced by…
Golden Hour – Morning on the Ghats of Varanasi
"Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together” ___Mark Twain Varanasi, in northern India, is…
Widow of Vrindavan
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa According to Hindu tradition widows may not remarry. Instead they are to spend their remaining lives…
Roads – Where Life Happens in Rural India
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Traveling, as I…
Bridge Crossings – the Hindu Holy Festival Kumbh Mela
Seen here are eight of the ten pontoon bridges pilgrims use to cross the Ganges River in Allahabad in northern India during the Kumbh Mela Festival, which is held once…
Post Card From India – Ancient Varanasi, It’s Ghats, and the River Ganges
Varanasi is sacred to Hindus and also one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. To me, it epitomizes India. Life in Varanasi happens on the ghats.The scene…
Post Card From India – Kumbh Mela, the Largest and Most Sacred Hindu Festival
More from Kumbh Mela. Last time I mentioned attendance was expected to exceed 100 million. Over 30 million were present this past Sunday, February 10, the primary bathing day. By…