MISCONCEPTION: "One of the major misconceptions about Hare Krishna is that it’s a cult and it’s totally controlled by certain gurus," says local author Rishi Waterman. "That’s not the fact." Photo ...

(RNS) — Many of the estimated 15,000 Hare Krishnas who call Ukraine home have continued their daily practice and serve their neighbors, even as several temples have been damaged or destroyed and their ...

Peter Mwamba, a priest at the Nairobi Hare Krishna temple Hare Krishna movement is a branch of Hinduism who chant 'Hare Krishna' –'Hare' refers to 'praise' or 'Hail' and 'Krishna' means God Krishna ...

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – The Ramkumar family piled into their van and drove five hours west from their home in the Washington suburbs into the American heartland. They passed cows and horses, church after ...

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With no time even to wash her clothes as the Russians approached Mariupol a year ago, in southern Ukraine, Kalakeli Devi Dasi fled her native city with only a small suitcase filled with her dirty ...