Faith trumps fear of death at the world’s biggest religious festival

https://www.rt.com/india/613093-faith-over-fear-millions-maha-kumbh-mela/

A natural recurring association with the words of Sri Yukteswar in 1894 comes to one’s mind who pointed out to humanity “the harmony underlying the various religions”, and wanted to “bind them together”:
This task is indeed a herculean one, but at Allahabad I was entrusted with the mission by a holy command. Allahabad, the sacred Prayaga Tirtha, the place of confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers, is a site for the congregation of worldly men and of spiritual devotees at the time of Kembha Mela. Wordly mencannot transcend the mundane limit in which they have confined themselves; nor can spiritual devotees, having once renounced the world, deign to come down and mix themselves in its turmoil.Yet men who are wholly engrossed in earthly concerns stand in definite need of help and guidance from those holy beings who bring light to the race. So a place there must be where union between the two sets is possible. Thirtha affords such a meeting place. Situated as it is on the beach of the world, storms and and buffets touch it not; the sadhus (ascetics) with a message for the benefit of humanity find aKumbala Melato be. an ideal place to impart instructions to those who can heed it….
Sri Yukteswar Allahabad January 1894
excerpts from The Holy Science

We are in 2025. Throughout 131 years we successfully managed to materialize India more than India spiritualized the East and the West. So what is the next?

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