1. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are making their way to Haridwar, India, all hoping to wash away their sins by bathing in the Ganges River during this “auspicious” time. Please pray for the salvation of Hindus celebrating the Kumbh Mela now through April 28.
2. Authorities limit direct Christian witnessing during the Kumbh Mela, but Christians will be on site in Haridwar, praying for Hindu pilgrims and ready to pray with anyone who desires prayer. Please ask the Lord to protect physically and spiritually every Christian attending this year’s mela.
3. During every Kumbh Mela, Hindu pilgrims die. They drown in the rivers; illnesses overcome them; human stampedes crush them. During a 1986 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, about 50 people died when a bridge collapsed. Please pray for the safety and well-being of Hindu pilgrims attending this year’s Kumbh Mela.
4. While the main Kumbh Mela event takes place in Haridwar, the city of Ujjain hosts a smaller or half Kumbh Mela. As you lift up before the living God the Hindus on pilgrimage in Haridwar, please also intercede on behalf of those seeking inner peace in Ujjain, Allahabad and Nasik.
5. As Hindu pilgrims prepare to return home from the Kumbh Mela, please pray that they will grasp that they leave with the same emptiness and uncertainty they had when they arrived. Ask that they in turn will search for truth and will find it in Jesus, the Water of Life.

Download a 60-day prayer guide that focuses on Hindu pilgrims traveling to this year’s Kumbh Mela at http://www.go2southasia.org/all-features/kumbh-mela-pilgrims/.

Find ongoing prayer requests at www.imb.org/compassionnet. Search requests by “strategic ministries” and scroll down to the “South Asian Hindu Festivals” tab.

South Asia Insights Prayer Guides will help you pray for Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Jains. View or download them at http://www.go2southasia.org/resource/printables/.

Tracts and other helpful resources for sharing the Good News with Hindus are available at http://www.go2southasia.org/resource/evangelism/ and http://www.4truth.net/site/c.hiKXLbPNLrF/b.2904151/k.D116/Hinduism.htm.