Sung by Ramesh Bhai Ojha I heard this first at Haridwar where a couple of teenaged Sanskrit scholars sang this joyously and very beautifully in a tiny Shiva temple on the banks of River Ganga. This was post sunset at Ram Dham, Niranjani Akhara

Kumbh means the coming together of saints, scholars and katha vachaks. They discuss and meditate with the sankalpa that let all the people benefit. People needn’t go to all the places. They can come to one place. The concept of mela started in

Truth has strength of its own, so we discovered standing the whole night on a moving train. We hadn’t slept a wink or nodded or pined for a bed. At 5 in the morning, the TTE straightened himself out and came to us offering us his berth. He folded