The Naga Sadhus are the highlight of the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering now underway in northern India. Worshipers jump over the barriers, running past police and ...

The second Amrit Snan of Maha Kumbh will be done on Mauni Amavasya on 29 January 2025. In this, Naga Sadhus will get a special opportunity to take the first bath. After this, their Akhara and ...

Their ash-covered bodies and long locks make Naga sadhus look different. To most, they may not exactly exude charm, but they spend hours on their ‘17 shringar’—unlike the 16 traditional ...

The Naga sadhus (unclothed Hindu ascetics) first caught photographer Bandeep Singh’s attention in 2013. Six years later, he found himself photographing them in a deliberate attempt to capture ...

They were to participate in the Amrit Snan on Mauni Amavasya on Jan 29, but following stampede on the banks of Sangam, not all ‘candidates' could get initiated finally as Naga Sadhus.

He had questions in his mind—who are the Naga Sadhus? Why are they like this? This curiosity led him to visit Kumbh in 2019 and then again this year. The result is a photo exhibition Bhasmang ...