PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and armed Hindu holy men. The Naga Sadhus are the highlight ...

Head and face shaving as part of an initiation ritual to become a Naga Sadhu, or naked holy man, at the Maha Kumbh Festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...

The ascetic Hindu holy men known as sadhus are difficult to track down. But once you come across one, it’s hard to miss him. While their dress varies according to their various religious allegiances, ...

A sadhu, or Hindu holy man, sits next to his trident at a transit camp to the Gangasagar, in Kolkata, India, Jan. 6. The annual holy dip at Gangasagar, some 87 miles south of Kolkata, will be Monday, ...

Julie SGARZI returned from a five-week pilgrimage to India in February with this remarkable portrait of a sadhu, or holy man. The shot was taken in the Bamboo Grove in Ragir in northern India. Sgarzi, ...

Sadhu is the Sanskrit word for “straight,” and the straight-living, ascetic sadhus of India were once the bearers of Hindu holiness. Robed in saffron or stark naked, smeared with ashes or painted ...

Head and face shaving as part of an initiation ritual to become a Naga Sadhu, or naked holy man, at the Maha Kumbh Festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...