Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...
Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the northern ...
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...
Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of ...
Sadhu or hindu holy men participate in a coronation ceremony at camp of Satua Baba in the confluence of three sacred rivers ...
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on ...
Naga Sadhus, or naked Hindu holy men smeared with ash return after ritualistic holy dips at Sangam, the confluence of the ...
India, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Hindu holy men or a Naga Sadhus of Maharirwani Akhara prepare for a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and ...
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a ...
PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the ...
Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges ... Srinivas] Alongside these holy men - known as Naga sadhus - millions of Hindu pilgrims from across the globe ...