S E C T I O N F O U R
Spiritual Practices
Managing and easing karma, harnessing anger, the practice of silence, hatha yoga and sacred pilgrimage§
A panoramic night scene of the Kumbha Mela festival, the largest human event on the planet. The festival is held every three years, rotating between four cities: Haridwar (pictured here), Prayag, Nashik and Ujjain. Millions of devotees make the pilgrimage from all over the world, to bathe in the sacred waters and have darshan of India’s holy men. The 2001 Mela in Prayag drew 150 million pilgrims. §