{"id":113769,"date":"2025-01-24T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=113769"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:20:22","slug":"maha-kumbh-and-asias-2nd-largest-iskcon-temple-foreign-medias-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=113769","title":{"rendered":"Maha Kumbh and Asia\u2019s 2nd Largest ISKCON Temple | Foreign media&#8217;s reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the video, Francois Gautier, a journalist and writer living in India married to an Indian and a lover of Indian culture and the defender of Hindus today, shares his perspective on the 2025 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. As a Westerner, he marvels at the enduring ancient Indian traditions, the astounding number of sages attending, and Hindus&#8217; reverence for them. He highlights how the Kumbh showcases the timeless essence of Sanatana Dharma, exploring profound questions about life, karma, and dharma.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1108\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mb1_RLmQUCQ\" title=\"Francois Gautier on Kumbh Mela\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The video discusses global reactions to India&#8217;s Maha Kumbh and the inauguration of Asia&#8217;s second-largest ISKCON temple. While Western media, like the BBC and AFP, often portray the event negatively, highlighting overcrowding and chaos, other outlets, such as RT and French media, admire the scale of preparations and the cultural significance. The video also explores the political undertones, particularly regarding Hindu unity and India&#8217;s image abroad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1108\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNq4np_zr00\" title=\"Maha Kumbh and Asia\u2019s 2nd Largest ISKCON Temple | Foreign media&#39;s reaction | Karolina Goswami\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the video, Francois Gautier, a journalist and writer living in India married to an Indian and a lover of Indian culture and the defender of Hindus today, shares his perspective on the 2025 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. As a Westerner, he marvels at the enduring ancient Indian traditions, the astounding number of sages attending,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113770,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113769\/revisions\/113770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}