The Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri is underway in Nepal and in other countries around the world. It is a very important festival in Hinduism and for worshippers of the Hindu god Shiva. Maha ...

They have cut all earthly ties, and they renounce worldly life — all for one resolute purpose: to unite with the divine. For us, sadhus are a symbol of standing still, withdrawing, and finding inner ...

The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers that dates to at least medieval times.

Digambar Ramesh Giri, a Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man gestures as he sits in his tent near river Ganges, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on December 18, 2024. Beside India's holy ...