Some more content (partially overlapping) from Skanda Vale a.k.a. the Community of the Many Names of God. These guys seem more "far out" than the Hare Krishna! Note the syncretism. In two of the clips above, they do Hindu puja to an idol of Saint Francis. The main course is the raising of a "vel" somewhere in the Welsh countryside. A vel is a supernatural spear associated with the Hindu Tamil god Murugan (known as Skanda in pan-Hindu contexts).
So in case you´ve been looking for a combo of bhakti to the Tamil vel and veneration of Saint Francis (with some Kali-esque spice added - see previous blog post), I suppose I found the guys for you! Open to people of all races, as far as I can tell.
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