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 ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU — Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled that naked Hindu holy men need not wear clothes to visit a revered temple, declaring that their age-old tradition of nudity is not obscenity. The ...

Kathmandu (AFP) — Nepal’s Supreme Court has ruled that naked Hindu holy men need not wear clothes to attend a revered temple, declaring that their age-old tradition of nudity is not obscenity. The ash ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) - Ash-smeared and dreadlocked Naga sadhus or Hindu ascetics, naked except for rosary beads and garlands and smoking wooden pipes, are a huge draw at the world's largest ...

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, ...

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] ...