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Ishwar Sharan is the pen name of Canadian author Swami Devananda Saraswati, a Smarta Dashanani sannyasi who took his Vedic initiation from a renowned mahamandaleswar at Prayag in 1977. His purvasrama family were middle class professionals and God-fearing Protestant Christians. He did not complete high school and is self-educated through reading books on all subjects, with a special interest in religion and history. He has travelled extensively in Canada, USA, Europe, North Africa, West Asia and India. His experiences during these wandering years include service in a communist kibbutz during the Six Day War in Israel and some months spent in retreat in a Franciscan hermitage near Assisi, Italy. En route to India by road in 1967, he visited t ...more

Many Diwalis in the plural core of the Hindu faith – Jawhar Sircar

Hinduism has survived and prospered, because it never insisted on rigidity or homogeneity. Its respect for diversity and flexibility has been the source of its strength. While the overarching theme of Diwali is accepted by all, the occasion is celebrated in myriad ways, often so distant from each other. – Jawhar Sircar Diwali is one […]
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