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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 ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – At the world's largest pilgrimage in Prayagraj in northern India, tens of millions of Hindu faithful travel to the sacred sangam — the confluence of three holy rivers — to take a ...

A Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man waits for devotees inside his camp during "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India January 17, 2019. [Photo/Reuters] ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, ...

Far from the romanticised ‘pacifist’ and ‘tolerant’ stereotypes surrounding them, recent videos of a few sadhus beating up ‘reporters’ have surfaced from the ongoing Maha Kumbh, demonstrating an image ...

1 of 7 — Hindu devotees pray at the Sangam, or confluence, of the Yamuna and Ganges rivers during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, on Monday. 2 of 7 — Hundreds of thousands of Hindu ...

Digambar Ramesh Giri, a Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man gestures as he sits in his tent near river Ganges, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on December 18, 2024. Beside India's holy ...

India’s Kumbh Mela (literally, “Pitcher Festival”) is mind-boggling in scale. The largest gathering of humans in one time and place, the event is held every three years, roving between four locations ...