If you are a frequent visitor to Premanand Ji Maharaj’s Ashram in Keli Kunj, Vrindavan, or have been watching his satsangs online, you would know the number of young children turning up to his darshan every week. They sit cross-legged beside their parents, sandalwood tilaks flashing on their foreheads as they chant Radhe Radhe . Not far away, in the courtyard of an ISKON temple, you will spot a group of teenagers and youngsters swaying devotional songs humming the rhythm of Hare Rama Hare Krishna. They participate with genuine enthusiasm, just the way they would enjoy a party with their friends. It is part prayer, part playtime, and to their parents, perhaps, something deeper.

Across Indian cities, this quiet change is underway. Parents are introducing their children to spirituali

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