Baba Rampuri talks about how the Yogi reads the world as a text. “‘Hinduism’ is a recent word constructed in the West by India’s colonizers to represent a set of beliefs thought to be held by […]
Videos of Hindu Culture
Peter Pannke sings Dhrupad
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBOEPg84bD8[/embedyt] Maestro Peter Pannke sings Dhrupad at the dhuni of Baba Rampuri during the Kumbh Mela at Hardwar, 2010.
Naga Babas procession
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDTuONlrpsU[/embedyt] The procession, or peshwai, of the Naga Sadhus of Juna Akhara during the Kumbh Mela at Hardwar, 2010, on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya, the dark moon, on March 15.
Dwarf chants Om Namah Shivaya
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdd7gvbIdyc[/embedyt] A dwarf leads the Naga Babas, Naked Yogis, of Juna Akhara chanting “OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!” From the 1998 Kumbh Mela in Hardwar.
First Kumbh Mela
Baba Rampuri is interviewed by Ossi Urchs in Munich, Germany, about his experiences as a Naga Baba and his book, now called Autobiography of a Sadhu – a Journey into Mystic India.