Paganism Revisited, Part I: Halloween Forever

Halloween Forever

I HAVE been to India twice. The second time, this summer, I went to the temple of Meenakshi in Madurai. Madurai is one of the “temple towns” of the south—places that coalesced around a few popular holy sites. At 1.1 million people it is a big town, but the temple is a big temple.

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Richard Brookhiser

Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.

Halloween Forever

I HAVE been to India twice. The second time, this summer, I went to the temple of Meenakshi in Madurai. Madurai is one of the “temple towns” of the south—places that coalesced around a few popular holy sites. At 1.1 million people it is a big town, but the temple is a big temple.