Faith & Reason: So It's Bradford-on-Ganges and Brahmin Priests Named Smith ; Hinduism in Britain Has Now Cross-Pollinated to Take on a Distinctly Different Flavour from the Religion Practised in India - with Benefits to Both Cultures

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ORDINARILY MANY of the Hindu temples which are nowadays to be found dotted throughout the United Kingdom are quiet and contemplative places where sweet melodies and incense dominate. Next Saturday however they will all have the bustle of a railway station as they are filled to overflowing for one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals, Janmastami, which celebrates the birth of Krishna.

Krishna, literally "the all-attractive one", is the centre of worship for most Hindus in Britain. To his devotees he is the same God that Christians, Muslims, Jews, and other monotheists adore. There is no one equal to or greater than Krishna. He is the original, unborn, eternal person, …