Inspired by Victor Turner's concepts of structure and communitas, this article commences with an analysis of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas - worshipers of Radha, and Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu followers. Secondly, we present data from ethnographic research conducted with South American devotees on pilgrimage to the ceremonial center ISCKON in Mayapur, West Bengal, during the year 1996, for a resumption of those initial considerations. The article seeks to demonstrate that the ritual injunction characteristic of Hindu sects, only makes sense from the individual experience of each devotee.
religion; Hinduism; New Age; Hare Krishna; ritual process