Vertical close up of an elderly Sadhu in traditional orange clothing deep in prayer on Scindia Ghat along the river Ganges.

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Elderly distinctive ascetic Sadhu holyman in traditionally saffron clothes with beads and unkept greying hair sits on the Ghats deep in prayer

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Size: 3408px × 5125px
Location: India Uttar Pradesh Varanasi
Photo credit: © Anne-Marie Palmer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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