Pilgrims in Traditional Attire

Portraits of diverse pilgrims in traditional garments, capturing their spiritual essence during religious gatherings across various cultures in India and Africa.

Portait of a Holy man on pilgrimage in Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Devotee, mathura, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

India,Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Prayag, Hardt Kumbh Mela, Holy Festival, Hindu religion, pilmgrim

Pilgrim during the Easter Orthodox Christian religious celebrations in the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Colourful dressed bodyguard of the sultan of Agadez, Unesco world heritage sight Agadez, Niger, Africa

Traditional dressed Tuareg, Oasis of Timia, Air Mountains, Niger, Africa

Portait of a Holy man on pilgrimage in Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

India,Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Prayag, Hardt Kumbh Mela, Holy Festival, Hindu religion, pilgrim

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, priest wearing antique crown and robes, standing next to holy Bible, St. Neakutoleab Monastery (Editorial Usage Only)

A partially blind pilgrim rests in the shade of a Zege Peninsula church.

Mali, Niger Inland Delta. An old man makes his way to Kotaka Mosque carrying a plastic teapot containing water for washing his feet before praying.

Africa, Morocco, Telouet. Close-up of man in traditional garb inside Kasbah.

Site guardian, mosque and tombs; Negash, Tigray region, Ethiopia

Egyptian man wearing headdress, in the Temple of Horus, main gate, Edfu, Egypt, Africa

A partially blind pilgrim rests in the shade of a Zege Peninsula church.

India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Prayagraj, Ardh Kumbh Mela. Portrait of a pilgrim who has come to the festival.

Bhaktains, women Ramnaami ascetics, with their tattooed bodies wearing striking black & white robes and peacock-feathered head gears, Central India. Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Dogon tribe Kejou, a Spiritual Leader in the village of Idjeli, Mali. (MR)

Sabrimala pilgrim from Karnataka visiting Mysore on his pilgrimage, Karnataka, India, Asia

Celebration in Bet Maryam church courtyard, Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa

Priest reading the Bible in a church, Ethiopian Orthodox church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Traditionally dressed Tuareg, Djanet, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Bet Maryam Church, St. Mary Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia Bet Maryam Church, St. Mary Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia Africa Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 13661748

India, Rajasthan, Narlai. Traditional clothing very much forms part of the life in the more remote parts of Rajasthan

Patient work, Moki Pueblos, Indian woman of the Hopi Indian, Arizona, Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Tuareg man, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

the holy garden, Hindu sun festival Chhat Puji

Beautiful Traditional Indian woman Beautiful Traditional Indian woman in sari costume covered her head with veil, India ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 4464770 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

At a Lake Tana church a pilgrim reads a holy text of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

Africa, Ethiopia, Gondar. Orthodox priest sitting next to artwork

Close ups of child bridegroom Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Elderly Indian woman wearing a sari sitting on the ground in front of a Hindu temple playing cymbals for prayer, coins donated by pilgrims lying at her feet, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ethiopia, Wukro, Tigray Region. A large ceremonial drum with an attendant inside the crooked cruciform semi-monolithic church of Wukro Cherkos.

A tomb guide in the Valley of the kings. Luxor, Egypt.

Pilgrims At The Orthodox Easter Celebrations; Lalibela, Ethiopia

An Oromo old woman wears a necklace and a pendant made from a Maria Theresa thaler.

Gondhali performing Gondhali dancing Gondhali performing Gondhali dancing during the Procession of goddess Amba devi, Pune, Maharashtra , India Copyright: xZoonar.com/yogeshxmorex 7584042

Coptic Ethiopian nun at the Holy Sepulcher basilica in Jerusalem

A Woman Wearing A Leather Cape Decorated With Ornate Cowrie Shells; Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Baye Fall Mouride muslim

India, state of Maharashtra, Mumbai (aka Bombay). Port area of Mumbai.

Oracle priest Mboula, 92, reading the oracle of the crab, Rhumsiki, Far North, Cameroon, Africa

Turkey, Locals at Virgin Mary House

Udaisin Sadhu, holy man, proudly displaying his 2 meter long hair at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

A Nubian woman, her face covered by her headscarf to denote her Muslim belief, stands outside the verandah of her home.

Tuareg, Sebha, Ubari, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lasta, Lalibela. Women take tapers to the famous ancient rock-hewn Church of Saint George for an early morning outside service.

Servant waiting at the Emir´s palace, Bauchi, eastern Nigeria

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

Rabari woman wearing their everyday dress and jewellery. Gujarat. Rann of Kutch. SW INDIA

Traditionally dressed Berber, Merzouga, Meknès-Tafilalet region, Erg Chebbi, northern Sahara, Morocco

Egyptian in front of temple in Abu Simbel with Ankh

Faithful kissing a Bible outside a church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

A young girl in traditional costume with silver filigree necklace and earrings and a brightly coloured veil, Pakistan

A Muslim man standing in front of Hazrat Abdus Sabir Maulana Dargah, Pulicat Pazhaverkadu, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

India, Orissa, Baiga village

Ghana: Sampa (Brong-Ahafo Region), Kabile Presbyterian Primary School, Muslim cashew farmer, Suleyman Athaji, March. (Editorial Usage Only)

Celebration of gamou festival (mawlid, prophet's Muhammad's birthday) in Thies, Senegal. Muslim with prayer beads

Faithful reading outside a church in Lalibela

Muslim devotees offer prayers at the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during the Biswa Ijtema 2nd phase, an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Mann dozing on the steps of a monolithic church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Fes, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Person in traditional dress standing in a richly decorated window arch, Fes, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Africa

Old Yazidi woman, Lalish, Iraq, Asia

Shopkeeper in Fez, Morocco

Cultivador de algodon de origen Arabe. Harran.Anatolia Sudoriental.Turquia.

India, Panjabi woman

Gulabo International Famous Kalbelriya Rajasthani Dancer Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox

Priest at the rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Carpet of traditional types made on a loom

Misrata, Libya; Suleyman, speaking the standard Arabic apart from English and Italian (quite a rarity nowadays), showing an influence by past rulers of the country, vividly spoke about Misrata in the past

Rear view of a Tuareg man standing, Telouet, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco

Lalibela woman , Lalibela, Ethiopia.,01/30/2010

Africa, Ethiopia, Wukro, old pilgrin

Arab man returns from the prayer in the desert, Sahara, Libya, Africa

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lalibela. Man examines the quality of teff, an indigenous small grain cereal, before making a purchase at the weekly market in Lalibela.

Asia, India, Rajasthan, Pushkar. A worshipper finds a quiet corner at hectic Pushkar Lake during the annual pilgrimage at Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. (Editorial Usage Only)

Priest at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Carpet of traditional types made on a loom

Portrait of an Indian Sadhu or holy man, Odisha, India

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, World Heritage Site of 11 rock-hewn Coptic Christian Churches of the 13th century carved out of solid red volcanic tuff, Eastern Cluster. (Editorial Usage Only)

Wodaabe tribesperson wearing a turban as protection from the heat and dust, north of Abalak, Niger

Jordanian Bedouin with traditional eyeliner shows a bronze vial with AlKuhl, Nabataean site Petra, Jordan, Asia

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

An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian boy is illuminated by candlight near St. Mary of Zion church during a pre-dawn candlelight procession, Aksum, Northern Ethiopia.

Cairo, Egypt. Woman in a red robe on El Moez street in Old Cairo. (Editorial Use Only)

Priest, Coptic Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Rajasthani lady Rajasthan India MR 769C Copyright: xMohammedxSharif/DinodiaxPhotox

Temple Priest Reading The Bhagavad Gita. The Temple Is Located On The Goverdan Parikrama Pilgrimage Trail Goverdan. India.

Benin, Copargo region, Tinigassawa king

Amhara region, Gondar, Gonder, Moench in front of the church Debre Berhan Selassie, Ethiopia, Africa

Poporos used by the Kogi indians, Colombia.

India, New Delhi, Portrait of a muslim man at the Jama Masjid.

Hindu man on Bali, Indonesia

Toubou beduin man, portrait, tribal festival, Place de la Nation, N'Djamena, Chad, Africa

Orthodox girls at the Easter ceremony, Coptic Cathedral St. Mariam, Asmara, capital of Eritrea, Africa

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Hindu man praying at Fort Mehrangarh overlooking blue city

A pilgrim dressed in white is sitting on the stairs leading up to the temple on the holy mountain of Girnar, Junagadh, Gujarat, India, Asia

LECTURA DE TEXTOS RELIGIOSOS. Location: EXTERIOR. AXUM. ETHIOPIA.

Asia, Uzbekistan, A mullah sits benath a tree outside the Mausoleum of Bakhautdin Naqshband, one of Sufism's most important shrines.

Rabari man of the Vadhiyara subgroup found near the city of Bhavnagar in Gujarat. W India.

Berber wearing a Djellaba, a traditional robe, near Asni, Morocco, Africa

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