Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the ...

Men with tonsured heads walk back to their camp after performing rituals for initiation into an order of naked Hindu ascetic holy men known as the Naga Sadhus, during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh ...

Naked Hindu ascetic holy men known as the Naga Sadhus, arrive in a procession to bathe at the sacred confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical Saraswati, during the 45-day-long ...

ash-smeared and armed Hindu holy men. The Naga Sadhus are the highlight of the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering now underway in northern India.

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 ...