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Holy Men of India and Nepal

Images of Hindu holy men, or sadhus, in traditional attire with beards. The mood is serene and spiritual, showcasing vibrant colors like orange and yellow.

Kathmandu Nepal religious man who is a character painted in costume near river at famous Pashupatinath holi Hindu place on Bagmati River (MR)

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Sadhu on the shore of Pushkar Lake. (Editorial Use Only)

India, New Delhi, Gurdwara Bangla sahib Sikh temple, custodian

Holy man of Sikh religion. Blue turban within the Sikh religion denotes a Holy man. Bhartpur market. Bharatpur town. Rajasthan. INDIA

A man in traditional dress sells peacock feather fans to tourists, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Snake charmer, Lumbini, Nepal, Asia

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Budhanilkantha, hindu temple, Tihar festival, people,

india, rajasthan, udaipur, jagdish temple

sant vivek das ji on boat, varanasi, uttar pradesh, Asia, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, India, Varanasi. A Holy Man prays at dawn on the ghats of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. (Editorial Usage Only)

A sadhu or holy man

Sadhus with begging bowls, entrance to Tiruchendur Sea-Temple for Lord Subrahmanyam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Shri swami rajendra das ji maharaj, Nasik, maharashtra, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Jain pilgrims reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, India, Asia

Sadhu, a holy man or wandering ascetic sitting in the lotus position on a mat in a Hindu prayer shrine, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Sadhu, holy man, yogi with Rasta dreadlocks hairstyle, Lumbini, Nepal, Asia

India,Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad (Prayag).Sadhu holy man at Kumbh Mela holy Festival

Sadhu rowing boat on Ganges; Varanasi, India

Sadu - holy man Jaipur Rajasthan India

JODHPUR, INDIA, NOVEMBER 26, 2012: Old Indian man smokes hookah (waterpipe) in Mehrangarh fort. The concept of hookah is thought to have originated In India

Indian visiting the national park of Keoladeo India

Udaisin Sadhu, holy man, smoking marihuana at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Dancing daemon wearing a traditional Tibetan Buddhist dance mask for the Tsam ritual dance, Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia

Portrait of a female sadhu, only 5% of the about 6 million sadhus are female, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Sikh guru Panj Pyaare five beloved leading procession and carrying holy nishansahib in Anandpur sahib in Rupnagar Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

A Sadhu smocking a cigarette at the Gangasagar Mela. The fair is held where the Ganga river and the Bay of Bengal form a nexus, hence the name Gangasagar Mela. This is the largest fair in West Bengal which is celebrated during mid January every year and is a major attraction to millions of pilgrims from different parts of the country who gather at Gangasagar, the point where the holy river Ganges meets the sea to take a dip and wash away all the earthly sins. Namkhana, West Bengal, India.

Portrait of Ethiopian Orthodox priest holding the praying stick, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

Indian naked nude naga holy man priest sadhu , Ujjain , Madhya Pradesh , India

Man practicing yoga in a window at the stepwell Toorji Ka Jhalra Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Asia, India, A Silk pilgrim pauses before his faith's holiest shrine, the 16th Century Golden Temple.

Portrait of an Indian man wearing regional costume, Mehrangart Fort Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North India, Asia

Newly initiated Shiva sadhvi, holy woman, from Avan Akhara, praying at night at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Streetscene in New Delhi.

Sadhu bathing in river, kumbh mela, Nasik, maharashtra, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Lahore, Pakistan - 24 December 2025: View of a man adorned in traditional attire, his weathered face framed by vibrant green and gold fabrics, a captivating portrait of cultural heritage.

Portrait of a sadhu (holy man) in Tamil Nadu,Southeast India,Asia

Sahdu, an ascetic practitioner of yoga and wandering monk posing next to the statue of a golden pig, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Man in a red turban praying in a Hindu Temple. (Editorial Use Only)

Monk, saint, Kota, Rajasthan, northern India, Asia

Drummer at a Kathakali performance, Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Lord Balaji devotee at Tirumalai, Andhra Pradesh, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Two yogis talking, holy men, Hindus, Kanyakumari, South India, India, Asia

A devotee with flower standing in Bhuvaraha Vishnu temple dedicated to the boar at Srimushnam near Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Old man of the Korowai people, West Papua, West New Guinea, Irian-Jaya, Tree people, Indonesia, Asia

Sadu or holy man in temple doorway Ranthambhore Rajasthan India

Sadu or holy man in temple doorway Ranthambhore Rajasthan India

Indian man priest sadhu resting sleeping on dead animal leopard skin , India Copyright: xSubhashxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Bhairab sadhu at his shrine high above Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Portrait of an Indian Sadhu, Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Two Udaisin Sadhus, holy men, sitting in their tent at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Nepal, Kathmandu, hindu priest, man, people, portrait,

Alter Mann Yogi im Lotussitz Alter Mann Yogi im Lotussitz Copyright: xZoonar.com/DzianisxVasilyeux 1058906538st

Indian man priest sadhu blowing smoking ganja chillum or hashish , India

Sadhu, painted face, portrait, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Hindu saint naga baba Shivdasgiri smoking tobacco in Varanasi on Ganga river, Uttar Pradesh, India MR 707A Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Ganesha, also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, and beyond India. Ganesha Chaturthi (णेश चतुर्थी) (వినాయక చవితి) is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom. The festival, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the shukla chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period). The date usually falls between 19 August and 20 September. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi (fourteenth day of the waxing moon period). The most revered Hindu site in Nepal is the extensive Pashupatinath Temple complex, five kilometres e

Balinese dignitary and his carriers at Lake Bratan, Pura Ulun Danu Temple, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Thaipusam Hindu Festival, people, kavadi bearers,

Wooden head resembling Grigori Rasputin. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy-man, who had great influence in late Imperial Russia.

Old man dancing, Sadhu, itinerant monk during a wedding ceremony, Sufi shrine, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia

Nihang or Sikh warrior with sword immersed in gulal during Holi festival with celebration of Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Man at Kava ceremony, Yanuya island, Mamanuca islands, Fiji, Oceania

Yoga guru baba ramdev demonstrate pranayam techniques Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NOMR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918 - 2008) Indian yoga guru, known for developing and popularizing Transcendental Meditation, and for being the leader and guru of a worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult.

Sheikh Medimir Niazi during his wedding, Sufi shrine, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1990s CHARACTER MAN DRESSED AS GURU SWAMI SITTING ON RUG PRAYING MEDITATING

They are known, variously, as sadhus (saints, or 'good ones'), yogis (ascetic practitioners), fakirs (ascetic seeker after the Truth) and sannyasins (wandering mendicants and ascetics). They are the ascetic - and often eccentric - practitioners of an austere form of Hinduism. Sworn to cast off earthly desires, some choose to live as anchorites in the wilderness. Others are of a less retiring disposition, especially in the towns and temples of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. If the Vale of Kathmandu seems to boast more than its share of sadhus and yogis, this is because of the number and importance of Hindu temples in the region. The most important temple of Vishnu in the valley is Changunarayan, and here the visitor will find many Vaishnavite ascetics. Likewise, the most important temple for followers of Shiva is the temple at Pashupatinath. Vishnu, also known as Narayan, can be identified by his four arms holding a sanka (sea shell), a chakra (round weapon), a gada (stick-like weapon) and a

High priest blessing sacrificial offerings at the largest and most important religious festival of the Cham, Po Nagar Temple, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Indian man bathing and praying in the Ganges river at a ghat at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

man doing yoga, kumbh fair, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Himmat Shah Legendry Artist painter sculptor creative person works in bronze and clay in his studio editorial purposes only Jaipur Rajasthan India NO MR Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Indian Sikh in yellow turban and beard, Taj Mahal, a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Portrait of colorful Sika Hindu religious man in famous Bangla Shib Gurudwara Sika Great Temple in New Delhi India (MR)

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Yoga Camp, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia copyright: xmukeshxparpiani/dinodiaxphotox

Morari Bapu lecturing at gyan yagna in Ghatkopar, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Morari Bapu lecturing at gyan yagna in Ghatkopar, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Portrait, Sikh community, Sikhdharma Gurdwara Singh Sabha Association, Novellara, Reggio Emilia province, Italy

Yoga guru baba ramdev demonstrate pranayam techniques Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NOMR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Praying man, Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Toda Tribe old men coverd with embroidery dress Consisting of a single piece called Poothkuli Puthukuli at Ooty Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Hare Krishna Trailers in the Pedestrian Zone in Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe 1031608615

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Yoga Camp, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia copyright: xmukeshxparpiani/dinodiaxphotox

Bangladesh, Dhaka, October 2021. Reportage on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. Dr Nirmal Rojario, leader of the Bangladesh Christians. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Bangladesh, Dacca, October 2021. Reportage sur le cinquantenaire de la guerre d independance du Bangladesh de 1971. Dr Nirmal Rojario, leader des chretiens du Bangladesh. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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