Spritual Insights from Kalpavasi Kumbh Mela

"Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya

Glanirva Bhavathi Bharatha,

Abhyuthanam Adharmaysya

Tadatmanam Srijami Aham'

                  Bhagavad Gita (Chapter IV-7)

 "Whenever there is decay

of righteousness O! Bharatha

And a rise of unrighteousness

then I manifest Myself!"

The main reason many people come to India is the quest for spiritual knowledge, A Large number of visitors reach the ancient centers of learning like Kashi,  Bodh Gaya , Prayag,  Kanchi,  Puri , Dwarika, Haridwar , Gorakpur , Rishikesh etc to satisfy their thirst for spiritual knowledge

India from time immemorial has been considered the Jagat Guru of all spiritual, Religious, Intellectual and Philosophical concepts and ideas. The same Sanathana-Dharma or the Hindu Dharma forms the basis of Buddhism or the Buddha Dharma, Jainism or the Jaina Dharma, Sikhism or the Sikh Dharma, the Bhakti Dharma, Sufism or Tavasouf etc

This core generally called Dharma can may only be seen through the Jnana Chakshu and experienced through the Philosophies known as Darshana. There are two Categories of Dharsanas – the first category collectively called the Asthika Darshanas derives their source from the Vedas and is collectively called the Saddarshanas, Śad meaning the ‘six’ and Darshana meaning ‘to see’. The second category are silent about the authority of the Vedas and are called Nastika Darshana, they are the Bauddha, Jaina and Charvaka Darshanas

The Darshanas both Astika and Nastika, have spawned many schools of organized monks. The training grounds for these monks are called Ashramas or Mutts (Maths). These Mutts are aligned to a single Sampradaya and propagate their philosophies through discourses, worship, song & dances, festivals, etc. The principle dirty of each Sampradaya may be either Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapathi, Dattatreya, Devi, Surya, Skanda, etc (depending on the Darshana they belong to)

The Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela has representation from every school of Dharma and Sampradaya, it is the great school for the spiritually inclined to experience all the Indian philosophical schools at one place at the same time

There are several Shastrartās, Tarka, Upanyasa, Ughābhoga, Parayana, Pravachanas which are organized specially during the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela. These are various types of debates, lectures, talks and seminars pertaining to various philosophies which churn out several new interpretations to the ancient texts and treatises, sometimes they introduce new dimensions to their respective schools, sometimes deleting, sometimes adding to the pool of spiritual knowledge  

To augment to the spiritual quest of our guests, we at Kalpavasi have designed our packages so as to include the best spiritual knowledge that the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela has to offer in a way that caters to the personal interest of the guest

The itinerary is made such a way that a guest interested in Yoga would be provided with schedule to meet, attend and learn from the best Yogic masters at the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela, a person interested in Advaitha Philosophy shall have his schedule to included the exponents and events related to this school of thought and so forth