"Sitting in silence as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Portrait of a guru guiding the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Portrait of a man joining the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of men standing in the river Ganges, getting orders by a guru as part of the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Portrait of a man joining the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Portrait of a man joining the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Newly initiated Shiva sadhus from Avahan Akhara, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Newly initiated Shiva sadhus from Avahan Akhara, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Women during the initiation of new Jain nuns, during Kumbha Mela festival, at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Woman during the initiation of new Jain nuns, during Kumbha Mela festival, at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Taking a purifying bath in the river Ganges as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Guru guiding the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Sitting in silence at the river Ganges as part of the initiation of new sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"