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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As many as 7 people were arrested for posing as ‘Sadhus’ and extorting money from devotees in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, as reported on Friday. It is said that the accused would devotees on the road, ...

PHOTO: Walking along the streets of India, you will meet plenty of different types of Sadhus, some of which decorate their faces with the ashes of human remains. (photos by Shannon Wolf) Given that ...

While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival ...

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