Gathering of holy men at the Khumb Mela festival in Ujjain, India 2016. The Khumb Mela is an hindu pilgrimage taking place four times every twelve years in the holy cities of Allahabad, Aridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. This event gathers millions of people, sadhus and hindus where the main event is the bath in the holy river purifying all sins. - 27/04/2016 - India / Madhya Pradesh / Ujjain - Portraits of sadhus at the Khumb Mela. Sadhus are ascetic and disciples of the gods Vishnu or Shiva. These holy men own nothing or very few things, have cut all family links and wear an orange outfit for

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Gathering of holy men at the Khumb Mela festival in Ujjain, India 2016. The Khumb Mela is an hindu pilgrimage taking place four times every twelve years in the holy cities of Allahabad, Aridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. This event gathers millions of people, sadhus and hindus where the main event is the bath in the holy river purifying all sins. - 27/04/2016 - India / Madhya Pradesh / Ujjain - Portraits of sadhus at the Khumb Mela. Sadhus are ascetic and disciples of the gods Vishnu or Shiva. These holy men own nothing or very few things, have cut all family links and wear an orange outfit for the Shivaits, or a yellow or white one for the vishnuits. The Naga Sadhus don't wear any clothes and cover their bodies with the ashes of the sacred fires in honor of Shiva. - Sandrine Huet / Le Pictorium

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