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

"Group of Jangam Sadhus, holy men, at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhus from Avahan Akhara, holy men, sitting around a bonfire, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"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"

"Taking a purifying bath 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"

"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"

"Taking their first meal in their new lives 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 newly initiated Shiva sadhu from Avahan Akhara, within a group of fellow sadhus, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of Jangam Sadhus, holy men, singing a song for another sadhu in his tent at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of Gudar Sadhus, holy men, walking in a row and collecting offered food from fellow sadhus, at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of Gudar Sadhus, holy men, walking in a row and collecting offered food from fellow sadhus, at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, during Kumbha Mela festival, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia"

"Group of newly initiated Shiva sadhvis, holy women, from Avan Akhara, praying at night at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, 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"