Tracing mystic Kabir from Kashi to Maghar
I had met Swami Ram Das at Kabir Math Varanasi. It was when I had visited the place researching about the Nirgun tradition conceived by mystic poet Kabir. He sang a few songs, so we could record them and study them. The songs were very interesting, referring to a physical body as a boat and […]
Cow donation ritual: Crossing the mythical river, Vaitarni
In Greek mythology, River Styx had to be crossed to reach life after death. The only way to cross the Styx was in a ferryboat rowed by a an old boatman named Charon. The boatman would only take a soul if their bodies had received funereal rites on earth. Charon the ferryman also demanded to […]
Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan
Bishop Heber who visited Banaras in 1824, described how every year: Many scores… of pilgrims from all parts of India, come hither expressly to end their days and secure their salvation. They purchase two large Kedgeree pots between which they tie themselves, and when empty these support their weight in water. Thus equipped, they paddle […]
Quilled Paper Earrings | Katkari Tribalpreneurs Project | Sapana.org
A 2.35 min film by Espírito Kashi. Sapana.org provided basic training to the women from the Katkari tribe in Medha Village, Satara on making quilled paper earrings, allowing them to express themselves creatively and have fun within the process. This has now proven to be a successful social business, while uplifting their self confidence, it provides for […]
देव दीपावली (त्रिपुरी पूर्णिमा), काशी
आज गलियों में गुज़रती इस भीड़ के संग आगे बढ़ते हुए, ऐसा लगा की गंगा जी इन गालियों में बेह रही है, और जा कर खुद में ही समा जाएंगी। मानो की, गली में यादव जी (जिनका खीरकदम लाजवाब है) को प्रणाम भी हम उसी भीड़ में बेहते हुए किये। कुछ दिन पेहले ये लोग अपनी […]
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