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 ...

Their stillness sometimes leaves the onlooker bewildered. Sadhus, the holy men in Hinduism, can spend years with an arm outstretched or standing on one leg. Some bury themselves neck-deep in sand, ...

A Sadhu. A holy man of Hinduism who has renounced all earthly possessions in order to retire to a grotto in the heart of the Himalayas. After eight years of living as a hermit, his meditations no ...

The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers that dates to at least medieval times. Hindus believe that the ...

A key part of the Hindu faith is that ... is the naked men known as naga sadhus. Why are they naked, and what happens when host Bruce Feiler joins a holy man in his tent? Take a look.

"I feel I am contributing my bit — what I am doing seems like a pious act." A sadhu or a Hindu holy man, takes his selfie near Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati ...

The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers. Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed ...